On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 19:17 -0500, Eben King wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Logan Tygart wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 11:49 -0800, gregory ogden wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > Is there a command for wiping a hard drive clean
> > > of all data?. I want to start over installing the OS
> > > with a clean slate. I'm a complete novice, running
> > > Fedora and having some problems, so would like to
> > > start over. Thanks
> >
> > There is always my favorite:
> >
> > rm -rf /
>
> Leaves the partition data and the filesystem intact, and it's slower than
>
> umount /dev/hda1 # or whichever partition
> mkfs -t <whatever> /dev/hda1
> mount /dev/hda1 # if it's listed in /etc/fstab
>
Jeez! Its MY favorite, in the style of a BOFH! It was meant as humor, so get off my case, Torquemada.
The Logan
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