> for a whole drive:dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdc bs=8k
> For a partition: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdc2 bs=8k
That is indeed an effective way to so it (if somewhat dangerous!)
If it's just to stop them being ext2 FSs, you need not write quite that much !
For ZAPping old PSBs, my `sb.pl'
On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Antanas Masevicius wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i've been experimenting with raid systems. And like many newbies, i've
> formated partitions with mke2fs before i did mkraid. Worked only with
> --force option. What are ways cleaning those patitions?
If you use -force, then you shou
Hello,
i've been experimenting with raid systems. And like many newbies, i've
formated partitions with mke2fs before i did mkraid. Worked only with
--force option. What are ways cleaning those patitions?
Antanas Masevicius
