-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/12/2012 6:58 PM, Mike Fleetwood wrote: > Hi, > > I've been doing some testing of wiping file systems, either using > the wipefs command or by writing zeros over the whole partition, > and find that in many distribution / parted version combinations it > prints the type of the file system that use to be there, even after > formatting with a new file system. I'm doing this for a GParted > patch I am working on. Can anybody explain the behaviour and how to > fix it?
For some reason the partition must not have been zeroed. Try reading it back to verify. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJQy0q2AAoJEJrBOlT6nu755G4H+wR4+zPZKdjoGfVICMVv3/U3 SX+wHE+mxlZ5lmk8KSW7H2MXTjw1RcPqMjvbAF8P+824Rjg1oISoOQw04+cRodIc gCB7NnNyMXrKprynSaD7DniwrtHUJxHyuF0AMrg5bMgwYkK+PRAypyKy8MWJAphz VNnv0bK1v4sPrPdGDaEY63/4rna3BIapaFQXukqhIDdT9ClAGgpHBL01Pybv1ZR/ J8H/XcSA26b3qV6ZOedp5qT9zlg0n2SzVL908DRg9G4ZA/nb8+dYuty59begu+yd brcIYHDtLUiHHahEEjvYcaBWxRQAd63YmuH42u06kHcQd+SqNryyQF7W4jy1Xcg= =qHhc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
