2008/12/10 Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > One of my hard disk is showing symptoms of impending failure. Before > sending it for replacement, I would like to blank out the entire disk > (80GB in my case). > > Is the following sufficient? > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb1 bs=1K count=78148161 (sdb1 is the entire > disk - MBR) >
dd is fine. Yo can use "shred" also. -- dear, T.Shrinivasan My experiences with Linux are here http://goinggnu.wordpress.com For Free and Open Source Jobs http://fossjobs.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
