> > I don't know a better name - but IMHO /dev/one would be a bad name.
>
> I don't thinks so.... in the same way /dev/zero could mean a 8-bit or 16-bit 0.
> (Think about it). Both devices deal in bits not bytes.
But it's always only binary zeros, regardless if it is 8-bit, 16-bit or
whatever. That's diffrent with one: A set of 8-bit ones is diffrent from
16-bit ones - and we need neither 8-bit nor 16-bit ones. In fact we need
8-bit 255, 16-bit 65535, and so on (i.e. only binary ones). The name
/dev/one could suggest that it is an integer one - but it isn't - it's a
number with all bits set to 1 - and that's much higher that integer 1.
If you wan't to delete all data on a disk or partition, just use
'badblocks -w' It writes 11111111, 01010101, 10101010 and 00000000
to the block device (as far as i remember).
greetings,
- clifford
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