From c2c0d5cbf7b8c8d74c7b78e0bb20ebcc0603ea91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Helgeson <erichelgeson@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 12:20:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Use truncate instead of dd

---
 easyinstall.sh       | 2 +-
 src/web/file_cmds.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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,
     )