dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hd<your drive letter>
for example for /dev/hdc
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdc
You may need to reference the partitions (hdc1) but I believe the hdc
will work for the entire drive. dd seems to be intelligent enough to
write to the end of the disk without needing you to tell it how large it
is.
Use this with GREAT care!
Ed.
SOTL wrote:
>
> Is there a way to format a HD such that all vestages of linux including the
> boot record are removed yielding a virgin HD?
>
> Thanks
> Frank
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