Second severe crash in six weeks

[Warren Block]

On Fri, 17 Mar 2017, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Mar 2017 15:21:28 -0600 (MDT)
> Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 17 Mar 2017, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
>>
>>> On Friday, 17. Mar 2017, 13:56:54 -0600, Warren Block wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 17 Mar 2017, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, 16. Mar 2017, 08:59:44 +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote:
>>>>>> On 15/03/2017 22:22, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  # dd if=/dev/zero of=usbstick.img bs=1M count=7552
>>>>
>>>> A count should not be necessary, it will stop when it runs out of
>>>> input.
>>>
>>> The file name is "usbstick.img" but it is still a file. The
>>> count is the length of the USB stick I'm planning to dd to.
>>
>> This is still not needed.  Either it will run out of file and end, or .
>
> 	I suggest you try dd if=/dev/zero of=somefile bs=1M and observe
> that it does not stop until the filesystem is full or you hit a hard quota
> limit.

That if parameter was an image file the last time I looked.  Never mind.