[clue] Whack-a-disk
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foo7775 at comcast.net
Wed Jul 30 22:10:13 MDT 2014
NICE!!! *Very* cool topic, Dave!! (Even if it *does* have '*REALLY* bad idea for jr. admins!!!' written all over it...) ;-)
T.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David L. Willson" <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>
To: "list, CLUE" <clue at cluedenver.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 12:51:28 PM
Subject: [clue] Whack-a-disk
How can I quickly and simply wipe and re-partition a disk from a script?
Here's a proposal, using sdc as the example.
# Quickly wipe the head of the disk.
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=16MB count=1
# Create a new, basic partition table. Good for up to 2TB.
sudo parted /dev/sdc mklabel msdos
# If you have a disk larger than 2TB, use this instead.
# sudo parted /dev/sdc mklabel gpt
# Create a new, cylinder-aligned, primary partition, the full size of the disk
sudo parted --align cylinder /dev/sdc mkpart primary 0% 100%
The most interesting part might be that last line. I found many posts by people looking for a way to create a partition using parted non-interactively that is the full size of the disk and "properly aligned for best performance", but I didn't find anyone giving the answer. So... So that.
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