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""Our only question is this; how the heck do you fill a 30GB CD?""

Heh. Anyone got a link to an unofficial Britney Spears site?

More suggestions please...

*Turbonutter fights the geek, who knocked Turbo to the floor with a handy screwdriver*

"No! Don't tell them our secrets! We won't feel special anymore!"

Turbonutter wrote:
> FantasyMeister wrote:
> If I don't ask, how will I understand?


Because
> no one ever undertands, and they just keep asking. But, if you really want to
> know:

rob@euripides:~$ dd if=/dev/urandom of=~/megalargefile bs=1024
> count=32212254720; cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrw ~/megalargefile

"dd" is a
> file copying program, ish, but more complicated than just cp.
>

if=/dev/urandom

if stands for input file, in this case /dev/urandom with
> is just a bank of random character generated on request. He's sample: i

Ta, NOW I understand.

[Oh b****r, charsets again. Hang on...]

FantasyMeister wrote:
> If I don't ask, how will I understand?


Because no one ever undertands, and they just keep asking. But, if you really want to know:

rob@euripides:~$ dd if=/dev/urandom of=~/megalargefile bs=1024 count=32212254720; cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrw ~/megalargefile

"dd" is a file copying program, ish, but more complicated than just cp.

if=/dev/urandom

if stands for input file, in this case /dev/urandom with is just a bank of random characters generated on request.

of=~/megalargefile

of is output file, in this care ~/megalargefile. "~" is my home directory.

bs=1024

Just how many bytes to read and write at a time.

count=32212254720

The size, 32212254720bytes = 30gb

cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrw ~/megalargefile

cdrecord is a recording program, dev= is the device, then it's followed by the file.

Any questions? Good.

FantasyMeister wrote:
> If I don't ask, how will I understand?


Because no one ever undertands, and they just keep asking. But, if you really want to know:

rob@euripides:~$ dd if=/dev/urandom of=~/megalargefile bs=1024 count=32212254720; cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrw ~/megalargefile

"dd" is a file copying program, ish, but more complicated than just cp.

if=/dev/urandom

if stands for input file, in this case /dev/urandom with is just a bank of random character generated on request. He's sample: i

Isn't that a bit like talking nastily about someone in a different language?

"uoy era a tnuc decaf bonk." As we would say in Wales.

[No, not aimed at anyone]

DVDs, about 3 of them should do it.

If I don't ask, how will I understand?

Sigh...

rob@euripides:~$ dd if=/dev/urandom of=~/megalargefile bs=1024 count=32212254720; cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrw ~/megalargefile

If you don't understand, don't ask.

Grix Thraves wrote:
> Will Smith's ego. You'll need a few more, too.


Stryke's will fill it up

Will Smith's ego. You'll need a few more, too.