Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 13:51:54 -0700 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Ngie Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>, Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com>, "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> Subject: Re: Destroy GPT partition scheme absolutely, how? Message-ID: <1785064.lgVzRW13Wf@ralph.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <5484D815-4B17-456B-BA60-CC6F4E97AFE3@gmail.com> References: <20160926150109.0d0d793e@hermann> <57E92726.2020605@gmail.com> <5484D815-4B17-456B-BA60-CC6F4E97AFE3@gmail.com>
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On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 12:36:22 AM Ngie Cooper wrote:
>
> > On Sep 26, 2016, at 22:48, Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > This little script has been posted before. Maybe it will be what your looking for. Called gpart.nuke
> >
> > #! /bin/sh
> > echo "What disk do you want"
> > echo "to wipe? For example - da1 :"
> > read disk
> > echo "OK, in 10 seconds I will destroy all data on $disk!"
> > echo "Press CTRL+C to abort!"
> > sleep 10
> > diskinfo ${disk} | while read disk sectorsize size sectors other
> > do
> > # Delete MBR and partition table.
> > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/${disk} bs=${sectorsize} count=1
> > # Delete GEOM metadata.
> > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/${disk} bs=${sectorsize} oseek=`expr $sectors - 2` count=2
> > done
>
> Why not just use "gpart destroy -F provider"?
That doesn't always work. In particular, if a disk was partitioned with GPT
and then you use normal MBR on it afterwards, the 'gpart destroy -F' of the
MBR will leave most of the GPT intact and the disk will come up with the old
GPT partitions, not as a raw disk.
--
John Baldwin
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