[TriLUG] zeroing/formatting drive (before RMA)

[Joseph Tate]

Douglas Kojetin wrote:

> hi all-
> 
> summary:  bad hard drive, need to RMA.
> 
> what is the best method to zero/format/clear the drive so that it is 
> data free ... for the RMA?  the data on it is not terribly sensitive, 
> but i'd like to get into the practice of being anal.
> 
> many thanks,
> doug
> 

bcwipe, or if you don't need military grade wiping, dd if=/dev/urandom 
of=/dev/hdX

Joseph