Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754237AbXLAS2u (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:28:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752674AbXLAS2f (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:28:35 -0500 Received: from mail.tmr.com ([64.65.253.246]:38217 "EHLO gaimboi.tmr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752453AbXLAS2e (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:28:34 -0500 Message-ID: <4751AB91.2000207@tmr.com> Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:44:33 -0500 From: Bill Davidsen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061105 SeaMonkey/1.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jan Engelhardt CC: Justin Piszcz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, apiszcz@solarrain.com Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.23.9 / P35 Chipset + WD 750GB Drives (reset port) References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1217 Lines: 31 Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Dec 1 2007 06:26, Justin Piszcz wrote: >> 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. -- Bill Davidsen "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/