Creating huge data in very less time.

Tim Chase python.list at tim.thechases.com
Tue Mar 31 13:01:56 EDT 2009


>>> Is there a way to create a file to big withouth actually writing
>>> anything in python (just give me the garbage that is already on the
>>> disk)?
> 
> No.  That would be a monstrous security hole.

Sure...just install 26 hard-drives and partition each up into 40 
1-GB unformatted partitions each, and then read directly from 
/dev/hd[a-z][0-39]

<gdr>

-tkc
(ponders to self, "does logical partitioning allow for that many 
partitions on a disk?")







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