diff --git a/easyinstall.sh b/easyinstall.sh
index e5ee7499..d2688e23 100755
--- a/easyinstall.sh
+++ b/easyinstall.sh
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ function createDrive() {
     
     if [ ! -f $drivePath ]; then
         echo "Creating a ${driveSize}MB Drive"
-        dd if=/dev/zero of=$drivePath bs=1M count=$driveSize
+        truncate --size ${driveSize}m $drivePath
 
         echo "Formatting drive with HFS"
         formatDrive "$drivePath" "$driveName"
diff --git a/src/web/file_cmds.py b/src/web/file_cmds.py
index c424f82f..7ca5d19e 100644
--- a/src/web/file_cmds.py
+++ b/src/web/file_cmds.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def create_new_image(file_name, type, size):
         file_name = file_name + "." + type
 
     return subprocess.run(
-        ["dd", "if=/dev/zero", "of=" + base_dir + file_name, "bs=1M", "count=" + size],
+        ["truncate", "--size", f"{size}m", f"{base_dir}{file_name}"],
         capture_output=True,
     )