From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Peter Rabbitson <rabbit+list@rabbit.us>
Subject: Re: Wipe failed RAID-5 disk before RMA
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 21:18:18 +0200
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Cry wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> Do any of you have suggestions on how to wipe a failed raid drive before RMA
> back to vendor/manufacturer?  I need something that keeps going when it reaches
> a bad block.  The tool doesn't have to do multiple passes with random numbers. 
> It shouldn't need to be nursed along.
> 

How about `badblocks -svw` ?