disk initialize

[wmcdonald at gmail.com (Will McDonald)]

On 13/02/06, Jerry Geis <geisj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> All,
>
> Is there a way to "re-initialize" as disk? remove the the boot loader and
> partions etc... make it "seem" like a brand new disk?

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1

Will clear the boot block and partition table on the device attached
as /dev/hda. Use with care, obviously. :)

Will.