Re: Kernel 2.6.23.9 / P35 Chipset + WD 750GB Drives (reset port)

Jan Engelhardt wrote:

On Dec 1 2007 06:26, Justin Piszcz wrote:

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I ran the following:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sde

(as it is always a very good idea to do this with any new disk)

Why would you care about what's on the disk? fdisk, mkfs and
the day-to-day operation will overwrite it _anyway_.

(If you think the disk is not empty, you should look at it
and copy off all usable warez beforehand :-)

Do you not test your drive for minimum functionality before using them? 
Also, if you have the tools to check for relocated sectors before and 
after doing this, that's a good idea as well. S.M.A.R.T is your friend. 
And when writing /dev/zero to a drive, if it craps out you have less 
emotional attachment to the data.

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