MLUG: Re: [MLUG] drive wipe
Re: [MLUG] drive wipe
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Thanks but....  Will it to a check for bad clusters or does the ext2 file 
system auto fix that... 

G



On Monday 06 August 2001 10:30 am, you wrote:
> At 10:14 AM 8/6/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hey all
> >
> >Got another question....  I have a HD that I am wanting to do some stress
> >tests to...  Should I just write a script that fills the drive with the
> >letter b or something like that?  If so what would that script look like
> > to get to the MBR at the same time...  Thanks
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdX will do the trick.
>
> Ian
>
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