Hi all,
When dd is used like:
dd if="/dev/0" of="/dev/da1" bs="1024"
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da1 bs=1m
(or at least 64k for block size, unless you have too much time.
Does it completely wipe the drive INCLUDING the boot sectors etc? (i.e. does
it start right at secor 0 of the disk and cont
I would use System Rescue boot disk from www.sysresccd.org
It has gparted which I would use to delete all partitions and create new.
Thats considering you have a functioning pc to access the net and burn
an iso with.
Derek
Original Message
Subject:wiping a drive with
"gpeel" writes:
> When dd is used like:
>
> dd if="/dev/0" of="/dev/da1" bs="1024"
>
> Does it completely wipe the drive INCLUDING the boot sectors etc? (i.e. does
> it start right at secor 0 of the disk and continue to the last sector?).
Assuming you mean /dev/zero, yes.
--
Lowell Gilbert, e
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:55:41PM -0500, gpeel wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> When dd is used like:
>
> dd if="/dev/0" of="/dev/da1" bs="1024"
>
> Does it completely wipe the drive INCLUDING the boot sectors etc? (i.e. does
> it start right at secor 0 of the disk and continue to the last sector?).
Yes
