Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:24:22 -0600 From: Derek Funk <dfunk6@cox.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> Subject: [Re: wiping a drive with dd] Message-ID: <4968F5E6.2000803@cox.net>
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I would use System Rescue boot disk from www.sysresccd.org It has gparted which I would use to delete all partitions and create new. Thats considering you have a functioning pc to access the net and burn an iso with. Derek -------- Original Message -------- Subject: wiping a drive with dd Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:55:41 -0500 From: gpeel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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?). -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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