Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:22:39 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: gpeel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wiping a drive with dd Message-ID: <20090110182239.GC7052@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20090110175323.M10662@thenetnow.com> References: <20090110175323.M10662@thenetnow.com>
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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. ////jerry > > -Grant > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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