On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 10:22, Vassilios Kotoulas wrote: > > Would cp /dev/zero /dev/hda do the same thing? > I think this won't work. cp is a file system command and what you want > is killing your file system Thanks to the unix 'everything is a file' philosophy, cp can open all the same names that dd can, devices or not. You are just missing some of the translation and reblocking options that might be needed if the target was a tape drive. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
