On Wednesday 14 March 2007 16:44, Thomas Vogt wrote: > Hello > > Has someone ever tried to wipe a block device on freebsd 6.2 with > bcwipe? > > I tried > bcwipe -bvmd /dev/aacd1 > > I get: > Writing to /dev/aacd1: Invalid argument > I tried slices too but it i got the same error. > > dd can overwrite my disk several times but perhaps someone can give me a > hint how to wipe a disk with bcwipe.
It must be the way it access the device, that causes the problem. I suggest trying the following: 1) Create a filesystem covering the whole disk, 2) Fill up the disk creating a file the size of the filesystem on it. 3) have bcwipe operate on the file instead of the raw device. I assume it does this. I am not familiar with bcwipe... Nikos _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
