Re: Random device has blocked

From: CptDondo (yan_at_NsOeSiPnAeMr.com)
Date: 11/01/05 

Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:53:17 -0800

Steve Wolfe wrote:

> From your message, it sounds like the problem may only occur after boot,
> which is a little odd, because the boot process usually involves a good
> amount of disk activity - which would build up the pool very quickly.
> Perhaps you could tell us more about the system in question.

The system is an old mac, running busybox. Thus there is very little
activity - all it really does is get an IP, run dropbear (a ssh server)
and that's it. The whole bootup takes just a few seconds...

ANd because there really are no daemons running, and noone is at the
keyboard, there is very little activity.

Thus I am looking for some little program that I can run - something
that will run with little CPU power but generate lots of entropy. If I
can run this for say 10 minutes after I boot up, it might work.

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