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It will not allocate the space immediately. We can fill it later. | It will not allocate the space immediately. We can fill it later. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*http://stackoverflow.com/questions/257844/quickly-create-a-large-file-on-a-linux-system | *http://stackoverflow.com/questions/257844/quickly-create-a-large-file-on-a-linux-system | ||
*http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/EncryptedFilesystem | *http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/EncryptedFilesystem | ||
Revision as of 18:50, 2 February 2013
My Info
It is reccomended to fill and encrypted data container with random data.
You can however if you are in a hurry use a sparse file.
dd of=crypt bs=1 count=0 seek=900G
It will not allocate the space immediately. We can fill it later.