On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 12:28, Dave Price wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for a quick way to clear an HDD of old data, partitions, > etc. > > I found this on /. thru a google search: > > dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hdX > > When i do this from a console shell after booting from a woody install > disk, It does not seem to work ... i.e. I can still see the old > partition table in fdisk ... > > Is there maybe a better dd invocation ?
Sounds like you want fdisk, or cfdisk. -- +---------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | "I have created a government of whirled peas..." | | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 12-May-2002, | ! CNN, Larry King Live | +---------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
