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Be sure to {{{umount /dev/scN}}} the drive first.

{{{sudo dcfldd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/scN}}}

Using {{{/dev/urandom}}} will do a better job than {{{/dev/zero}}}, but will take substantially longer to run.

Low Level HD Format

Be sure to umount /dev/scN the drive first.

sudo dcfldd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/scN

Using /dev/urandom will do a better job than /dev/zero, but will take substantially longer to run.

LowLevelHDFormat (last edited 2015-08-07 18:04:05 by CarlNobile)