dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1024 count=10 Should do it. Just make sure you get the right device (:
Steve On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:25:46 +1200 Kerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've recently put a new hard drive in my laptop and taken the old one > and am using it as an external hard drive. Because it's from an Acer > laptop it has a read only PQSERVICE partition used for backups. > > Now I would like to recover the 24 gigs of hd space this is taking up. > I've tried to use GParted to re-format this space but get an blank error > box coming up then a warning box stating: > > "At least one operation was applied to a busy device. > > A busy device is a device with at least one mounted partition. > Because making changes to a busy device may confuse the kernel, you are > advised to reboot your computer." > > I've done a bit of a google and have come up empty handed as to how to > re-format this space > -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
