Re: [SLUG] wiping a HDD clean

[John Ferlito <johnf@nospam.inodes.org>]

On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 05:37:00PM +1000, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote:
> On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 04:28:09PM +1000, Rick Welykochy (rick@nospam.praxis.com.au) wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 May 2000, Doug Stalker wrote:
> > 
> [snippo]
> > 
> > but this installs the ext2 fs as well.
> > Anyone know if mke2fs -n does just the format?
> > 
> 
> making a filesystem == format
> 
> Doesnt the action "format" inherently imply mkfs cause
> formatting *IS* making a filesystem.
> 
	I think he's reffering to quick format as opposed to a normal format. ie
when you format an ext2 parition it writes in the superblock and any other important meta
information and thats it.

	Where as when you format a DOS disk it seems to do something to every track
probably zeroing them out or something.

my mke2fs doesn't have a -n option by the way.

> 
> Jobst
> 
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