[TriLUG] zeroing/formatting drive (before RMA)
Joseph Tate
jtate at dragonstrider.com
Mon Dec 1 18:52:26 EST 2003
Douglas Kojetin wrote:
> hi all-
>
> summary: bad hard drive, need to RMA.
>
> what is the best method to zero/format/clear the drive so that it is
> data free ... for the RMA? the data on it is not terribly sensitive,
> but i'd like to get into the practice of being anal.
>
> many thanks,
> doug
>
bcwipe, or if you don't need military grade wiping, dd if=/dev/urandom
of=/dev/hdX
Joseph
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