<html><head></head><body>I think you've got the if and of backwards. I don't know how that would compare to something like the copywipe program. It might work with the right syntax. I'd still fill the drive with random data 5-6 times to fully exercise the controller and all the sectors.<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">simontek@gmail.com wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap:break-word; font-family: sans-serif">Wouldn't dd if=/dev/device of=/dev/null work just as well? There's more to it, but should do it, in theory. Remembering off the top of my head isn't as easy as it used to be.<br />Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile<br /><br />-----Original Message-----<br />From: "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com><br />Sender: ale-bounces@ale.org<br />Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:31:47 <br />To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<ale@ale.org><br />Reply-To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale@ale.org><br />Subject: Re: [ale] low level format<br /><br /><hr /><br />Ale mailing list<br />Ale@ale.org<br /><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br />See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br /><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><hr /><br />Ale mailing list<br />Ale@ale.org<br /><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br />See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br /><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br /></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>