Hi Jackrabbit,
> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512
>
> it will convert the entire hard drive to zeros right? If I do that would I be
> able to rebuild partitions and the partition table from fdisk?
You do not need to specify a blocksize in this case. If you only want to zero
the MBR you would need to specify a count of 1 as well.
I assume fdisk will recreate the magic number 55AA hex on bytes 511 & 512 in
the MBR. Otherwise there is dd with a skip to save your day. But since fresh
hd's don't have any data on them I don't think this'll be necessary.
Bye,
Leonard.
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