On 3/06/2014 5:38 AM, ken wrote: > It would be better to write /dev/random or /dev/urandom than > /dev/zero... if you want to stay with whatever it is you're using.
Okay, well /dev/urandom is pseudo random, /dev/random is real random and will block if there isn't enough entropy. All the randomness is required when setting up the initial crypt volumes, then is it using the crypt algorithms with the key, so no more random work needed. Writing /dev/zero to a crypt volume effectively writes /random/ crypto data across the volume in a simple way, it's only time consuming due to the volume of data it has to write. Thanks A. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/538cd458.2000...@affinityvision.com.au
