-----Original Message----- From: linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Davidsen Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 11:08 AM To: Cry Cc: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Wipe failed RAID-5 disk before RMA Cry wrote: > Folks, > > Do any of you have suggestions on how to wipe a failed raid drive before RMA > back to vendor/manufacturer? I need something that keeps going when it reaches > a bad block. The tool doesn't have to do multiple passes with random numbers. > It shouldn't need to be nursed along. > dban. ===================== A low-level format, (media init). Assuming this is a seagate drive, then download the DOS version of seatools from the Seagate site. It is free. The problem with these other utilities is that they leave a small security hole ... they do not write zeros to any blocks that have already been marked as bad. David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
