From: Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de>
To: parisc list <parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org>
Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] i dont know jack
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 19:16:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020725171643.GA8177@charite.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3D40275B.55D3B7C7@ruhr-west.de>
Am 25.07.2002 um 18:29:15 +0200 schrieb Juergen Braukmann folgendes:
> Hi Rick, there probably is. Boot into some nini root environment and
> type:
>
> dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/sda [assuming THE drive is sda]
bs=1M
Increase the blocksize heftily.
> this will overwrite the intire disk with zero bytes (or was /dev/zero
> the proper device for that??). Atlernetivly, /dev/random might be a good
> source of rubbish data. ;-)
/dev/zero is better.
Don't try /dev/random, it's too slow
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-07-25 17:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-07-25 15:43 [parisc-linux] i dont know jack Rick Vernam
2002-07-25 16:19 ` James P. Kinney III
2002-07-25 16:29 ` Juergen Braukmann
2002-07-25 17:16 ` Ralf Hildebrandt [this message]
2002-07-25 20:54 ` Sandy Harris
2002-07-25 22:57 ` Alan Cox
2002-07-25 22:41 ` Bryan W. Headley
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2002-07-25 17:51 CARSON,KEVIN (HP-Canada,ex1)
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