Re: A strange occurrence

[BandiPat <magicpage91@earthlink.net>]

Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:

>     Here's what you do from a root shell:
>     dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdx bs=446 count=1
>     (the "x" is the letter of your installed drive, "a" "b" )
>     Also, for the "bs" number, never use more than "446" as anything
>     larger will overwrite your partition table of the drive, pretty much
>     rendering it useless without any partitions.
> 
> 440, not 446, otherwise you destroy serial number of the drive
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Thanks phcoder,
Each time I find info about doing this, I also find more info about how 
much to write.  I used 512 the first time I did it, quickly learning I 
cleared out my partition table, then I found the 446 after I had to 
rebuild my drive from scratch.  :-\

I had not found anything about the 440, but it's good to know so as not 
to remove any pertinent drive data.

Pat