Re: Erasing DASD-decommission an AS400/iSeries/System i -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Erasing DASD-decommission an AS400/iSeries/System i
From: Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:52:10 -0800
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Larry Bolhuis wrote:

Here it is! It only supports 10 billion minus 1 records but I'm sure youcan up that if needed!
  - Larry
H/TITLE Write 00s or FFs to 1K RECL FILEH**** ****
H***                           DODERASE                                ***

Hmmm... it seems to me that virtual memory pages back and forthbetween main memory and DASD.

Shouldn't it be possible to allocate/initialize memory blocks andsomehow accomplish similar? Just an off-the-wall thought...

Tom Liotta

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