Re: How long will this take?
On Fri 12 Jun 2020 at 07:51:30 (-0400), Michael Stone wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 08:52:10PM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> > The only unaddressed point in my use case is the prevention of a
> > high-water mark, because zeroing the drive achieves precisely the
> > opposite. What ought I to be running, instead of badblocks -w -t random,
> > to achieve that goal?
>
> Create the encrypted volume first, then write zeros to it. :)
Duh! That should work a treat. My posting that example bore me fruit.
Cheers,
David.
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