dd command help

From: Yv SR (yv_sun@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Feb 20 2003 - 11:04:47 EST

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Hi,

I am using dd command to wipe out the data on multiple disks.

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rdsk/cXtXdXsX bs=1024k

It is taking a lot of time to wipe out the data on 36gb drive, What is the
maximum block size can be used with that command.

Thanks
yv/-

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