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Old 05-13-2008, 02:20 AM   #1
meibabe
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How to initialize HDD using Shell script?

Hi I need help in writing a shell script to clear off all the partitions on a IDE hard drive. Can anyone help?
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Old 05-13-2008, 04:10 AM   #2
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Post Erase MBR!
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/devicetoerase bs=512 count=1
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Old 05-14-2008, 05:07 AM   #3
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can't we use fdisk on whole device?
 
  


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