Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:06:17 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "gpeel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wiping a drive with dd Message-ID: <447i532d7a.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <20090110175323.M10662@thenetnow.com> (gpeel@thenetnow.com's message of "Sat\, 10 Jan 2009 12\:55\:41 -0500") References: <20090110175323.M10662@thenetnow.com>
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"gpeel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com> writes: > When dd is used like: > > dd if="/dev/0" of="/dev/da1" bs="1024" > > Does it completely wipe the drive INCLUDING the boot sectors etc? (i.e. does > it start right at secor 0 of the disk and continue to the last sector?). Assuming you mean /dev/zero, yes. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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