Subject: Re: dd to zero a harddrive
From: Arthur Corliss (arthur@corlissfamily.org)
Date: Wed Sep 25 2002 - 06:50:00 AKDT
> I think we had already talked about this before, however, I don't remember
> how a person decided the number of blocks to use?
>
> Should I use fdisk or something similar to see?
>
> anyone got any good ideas?
>
> We are going to surplus a few machines and I want to zero them and install
> RH 7.3 on them.
You really don't need to use dd. Just cat /dev/zero to the raw device and
it'll run out of space and die on it's own. Work smarter, not harder. ;-)
--Arthur Corliss
Bolverk's Lair -- http://arthur.corlissfamily.org/
Digital Mages -- http://www.digitalmages.com/
"Live Free or Die, the Only Way to Live" -- NH State Motto
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