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Re: [Sheflug] Disk rescue / formatting

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From: Rob Andrews <rob [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 11:27:36 +0000
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On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 10:41, Chris Johnson wrote:
> is there a linux equivalent of FDISK /MBR?

Well, if you /really/ want to clear everything, you can always use:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/X bs=512 count=10000

Which'll easily destroy the partition table, boot record and a sizable
chunk of the first partition! (Replace X with the drive you require -
e.g. hda, sda, hdb, hde, whatever).

-- 
rob 'nine' andrews                 <e> rob [at] impure.org.uk <pgp> 8bb5c71e
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