Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:47:32 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: gpeel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wiping a drive with dd Message-ID: <20090110204706.E16862@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20090110175323.M10662@thenetnow.com> References: <20090110175323.M10662@thenetnow.com>
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> Hi all, > > When dd is used like: > > dd if="/dev/0" of="/dev/da1" bs="1024" dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da1 bs=1m (or at least 64k for block size, unless you have too much time. > > 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?). yes
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