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  dd of=crypt bs=1 count=0 seek=900G
 
  dd of=crypt bs=1 count=0 seek=900G
  
It will not allocate the space immediately.
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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.

Notes