#So about dd and bs

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silver swift
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So i am wondering, does a large blocksize cause incomplete data writing? Mainly for something like if the output is from /dev/zero.

Say bs is 500mb, and the drive is 1200mb, will that last 200 also get written?

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i would assume this is at least not the case for normal files