Format hard disk

[JorgeH]

What is the best way to eliminate or format a hard disk with HPUX installed.

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

mediainit

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dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rdsk/cXtXdX bs=1024k

Personally I lean toward the dd approach.


Pete

[Pete Randall]

Here's a good discussion concerning this topic:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x24b53a7b3682d611abdb0090277a778c,00.html


Pete