Post #4469043
2026-08-09 09:50 UTC
@squalouJenkins@fosstodon.org @kasperd@westergaard.social @argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org @mcc@mastodon.social
Is there any equivalent to 'sudo dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/sda'?
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@kasperd@westergaard.social 2026-08-09 11:15
That command would take forever. I’d go with urandom or even a usermode generator optimized for speed rather than high quality of randomness. If it’s an SSD I’d just TRIM it and not use any randomness.