> Hi all, > > When dd is used like: > > dd if="/dev/0" of="/dev/da1" bs="1024" dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da1 bs=1m (or at least 64k for block size, unless you have too much time. > > Does it completely wipe the drive INCLUDING the boot sectors etc? (i.e. does > it start right at secor 0 of the disk and continue to the last sector?). yes