[ltp] MicroSD and Thinkpad T61

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

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On Sat, 2011-02-26 at 19:36 +0100, Paul Seelig wrote:
> Before i'd actually use any such device for the first time, i'd first
> dd
> it with zero's before putting any file system on it:
>=20
>         dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/dev/mmcblk1p1 bs=3D1M
>=20
Why exactly do you do that? It's not really a good idea to do useless
writes on flash memory...
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Yves-Alexis

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