> >> On linux console, even as a non-priv user, do a:
> >>
> >> % dd if=/dev/zero bs=1024k
> >
> >That's basically the same as the "grep whatever /dev/zero" discussed
> >on this list a while back.
>
> No it is not the same. The "grep whatever /dev/zero" sucks up all mem
> if you don't have sensible limits, but the above doesn't. In fact it
> doesn't require /dev/zero at all. A 1MB zeroed block works equally as well.
For what it's worth, this has absolutely no effect on my machine when
using a block size of 1024 (not 1024k). I let it run for quite a while
(forgot it was running), and stopped it after about 90Gb.
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