On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 09:33:31AM -0800, Stuart Sheldon wrote: > True, but we like to specify the number of blocks: > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda count=50000 bs=512 > > This only takes about 5 secs to run and clears the MBR as well as wipes > enough off the front of the platter to let us create a clean MBR and > partition table.
Oh, but your partitioner should simply be able to ignore the existing table, no? :-) If you want a really ugly workaround, you can of course use cut -c 1-512 /dev/zero | head -50000 > /dev/hda /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
