What is gzero?

Frank J. Beckmann frank at barda.agala.net
Mon Sep 26 14:06:06 PDT 2005


Hi,

am Montag, 26. September 2005 22:53 schrieb Brooks Davis:
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 10:27:44PM +0200, Frank J. Beckmann wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > maybe this is a kind of stupid question, but what is the device gzero
> > for? When should I use it instead of /dev/zero?
>
> It's to allow you to emulate a really big (41PB) fake disk for testing.

Wow, that answer was fast...

Sounds like an interesting device, but how do I use it? I guess I have to 
learn much about geom yet.
-- 
Tschüss
Frank


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