RE: How to erase all data on disks

"SAID MOKHTARI" <SAID.MOKHTARI-zHj1J8mdWntS5n6/[email protected]> Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:28:45 -0000
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.taroon.general
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boot from cd or dvd with rescue mode (linux rescue)
Then you can use dd to erase each disk=20

# dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/dev/sda
# dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/dev/sdb
# sync

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I have a Compaq Prolianr ML370 server running Red Hat Linux release
7.1. The server has two local disks each 18GB and mirrored as RAID 1.

How do I erase all the data on each disk?

fdisk -l  displays the following file systems.

# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2213 cylinders
Units =3D cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1             6        71    530145   fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda2            72       333   2104515   fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda3             1         5     40131   12  Compaq diagnostics
/dev/sda4           334      2213  15101100    5  Extended
/dev/sda5           334       464   1052226   fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda6           465       628   1317298+  fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda7           629       890   2104483+  fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda8           891      2213  10626966   fd  Linux raid autodetect

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2213 cylinders
Units =3D cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1             6        71    530145   fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdb2            72       333   2104515   fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdb3   *         1         1      8001   12  Compaq diagnostics
/dev/sdb4           334      2213  15101100    5  Extended
/dev/sdb5           334       464   1052226   fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdb6           465       628   1317298+  fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdb7           629       890   2104483+  fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdb8           891      2213  10626966   fd  Linux raid autodetect

Partition table entries are not in disk order


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