dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda ( assuming ide, etc ... )
that will take a while
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1
that will blow away the partition table
> Hello,
> Is there a command for wiping a hard drive clean
> of all data?. I want to start over installing the OS
> with a clean slate. I'm a complete novice, running
> Fedora and having some problems, so would like to
> start over. Thanks
>
> Gregg
>
>
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