SLUG Mailing List Archives - Re: [SLUG] Quick Unixy Q.

To: Ken Yap <ken@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Quick Unixy Q.
From: Howard Lowndes <lannet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Nov 23 07:24:26 2000
Cc: Sydney Linux Users Group <slug@xxxxxxxxxxx>

I also find it very useful for wiping an HDD

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hd?

Very useful if you have trouble frying a pre-existing partition table or
a dodgy HDD.

-- 
Howard.
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LANNet Computing Associates <http://www.lannet.com.au>

On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Ken Yap wrote:

> >Here's a quick one... What is /dev/zero used for, and what are a few good
> >examples?

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- Re: [SLUG] Quick Unixy Q.
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