Re: dd and mbr

I see, thanks! :) Rod. On Mon, 10 Jan 2022, Otto Moerbeek wrote: On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 07:35:51PM +, Roderick wrote: I thought dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rwd1 bs=1m would delete the mbr. But I still see the partition table with fdisk. Any explanation? Rod. You just created a

Re: dd and mbr

On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 07:35:51PM +, Roderick wrote: > > I thought > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rwd1 bs=1m > > would delete the mbr. But I still see the partition table > with fdisk. > > Any explanation? > > Rod. > You just created a file in /dev named rwd1. There is no device called

dd and mbr

I thought dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rwd1 bs=1m would delete the mbr. But I still see the partition table with fdisk. Any explanation? Rod.