[Linux-disciples] Erasing a device node

[Stephen R Laniel]

On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 02:17:02PM -0500, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote:
> sudo dd if=/dev/hdd1 of=/dev/null bs=4096 count=1 skip=47136440
> 
> See if you get a disk error.  (be careful swapping seek and skip; I've
> accidentally written to the wrong area of the disk by confusing them
> before).

No disk errors. Here's the command-line output:

(16:20) slaniel at JeffTweedy:~$ sudo dd if=/dev/hdd1 of=/dev/null bs=4096 count=1 skip=47136440
Sudo password for slaniel at JeffTweedy:
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
4096 bytes transferred in 0.036310 seconds (112807 bytes/sec)

Nothing in syslog. Very sweet. Thanks for the tip, Adam.

-- 
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  You leave them laughing when you go
  And if you care, don't let them know
  Don't give yourself away.''
 -Joni Mitchell, "Both Sides Now"

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