On 2/13/06, Will McDonald <wmcdonald at gmail.com> wrote: > On 13/02/06, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com> wrote: > > All, > > > > Is there a way to "re-initialize" as disk? remove the the boot loader and > > partions etc... make it "seem" like a brand new disk? > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 > I have found that disks that contained an LVM setup don't get cleaned up this way (refuse to accept a startover with LVM). I haven't done much experimentation, but I always use dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1024 My $.02. -- Collins Richey The agnostic dyslexic insomniac lies awake wondering if there is a dog.