alternate method to zero out an hdd
August 13th, 2007
Simple! Use your Linux install CD. At the prompt (once booted using the CD) type “linux rescue”. Follow the prompts, then in the shell use:
$ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/{s,h}da bs=1M
Wait for it it to complete and now you have a clean drive. Learn more about the dd command here.
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