"dd" command fails with "memory exhausted" message
Issue
ddcommand fails with "memory exhausted" message when used with the arguments similar to the following:
dd if=/dev/zero of=10G.file bs=10G count=1
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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