[mdlug] Scrub grub

[Dan Pritts]

a simple

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX  bs=1M count=1

should do the trick.  

It will also get rid of the partition table and possibly the beginning of the first partition.  i.e.  VERY DESTRUCTIVE.  

but if you want a true “zero state” on the drive that is a good start.

On Apr 10, 2014, at 11:03 PM, Garry Stahl <tesral at wowway.com> wrote:

> How does one scrub grub off a hard drive?  The this is tenacious as bumper stickers.  I want the drive back to a zero state.
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