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Pastimes : Linux OS.: Technical questions
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To: JC Jaros who wrote (180)2/22/1999 1:06:00 AM
From: Gerald Walls  Read Replies (1) of 484
 
I have a question- How do I, outside of using a powerful electo magnet, zap the entire contents of a hard drive and MBR?

Partition Magic works great for me for partitioning. Latest version handles Linux ext2 partitions. As far as the Master Boot Record, I know that fdisk has an undocumented /m or /mbr option, but I'd say MSDOS fdisk is a last resort unless you really intend to clear the whole drive.
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