How to completely erase a hard disk

[Bruce Ferrell]

you might also use Dariks Boot and Nuke

http://dban.sourceforge.net/


Juan Pablo Mazzini wrote:
> I know that there must be a less extreme solution but , since there  
> is nothing installed on that server the zero all data seems to be the  
> fastest one to get on my way again. THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR ANSWER!
> 
> 
> El 30/09/2007, a las 14:32, Rashkae escribió:
> 
>> Juan Pablo Mazzini wrote:
>>> I`ve made a mistake instaling an Ubuntu 7 server with RAID disk 1.
>>> Now when i try to install again de instaler is unable to make a new
>>> raid cause the old one is still configured somewhere, anyone knows a
>>> metod taht i can use to put both hard disk in like new and erase all
>>> the information stored in them including the booth sector in order to
>>> install again.
>> This might be a bit extreme to your particular situation (which  
>> could be
>> worked around with a bit of finesse and finer grained understanding of
>> Raid and it's relative command line tools)
>>
>> But to simply answer your question and get you on your way, boot  
>> from a
>> Live CD (I suggest Knoppix for stuff like this, though there is no
>> reason you can't use Ubuntu install CD), identify the hard drive  
>> device
>> you want to erase (Like /dev/hda or /dev/sda)...   If there are  
>> multiple
>> hard drives, I suggest eliminating any chance of error by  
>> disconnecting
>> the ones you do not want to erase.
>>
>> Then dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda (or dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda)
>>
>>
>>
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