Jan Engelhardt wrote:
On Dec 1 2007 06:26, Justin Piszcz wrote:
I ran the following:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sde
(as it is always a very good idea to do this with any new disk)
Why would you care about what's on the disk? fdisk, mkfs and
the day-to-day operation will overwrite it _anyway_.
(If you think the disk is not empty, you should look at it
and copy off all usable warez beforehand :-)
Do you not test your drive for minimum functionality before using them?
Also, if you have the tools to check for relocated sectors before and
after doing this, that's a good idea as well. S.M.A.R.T is your friend.
And when writing /dev/zero to a drive, if it craps out you have less
emotional attachment to the data.
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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