> Ah, but zero the whole disk and it will 
> 
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1M
> 
> It'll use one write cycle on the media.

I wonder if writing 0xff instead of 0x00 is kinder to flash
media. In particular, if the controller is dumb/smart enough
to only erase, not write... 

regards

marc
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