Blank a HD using Knoppix Live CD
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2005-06-09


1.  Boot CD, run Knoppix 2 for text only
2.  fdisk -l to view hard disks and partitions, etc
3.  dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda (presuming hda is the harddrive you want to zero)
    OR clean off a disk using: dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/hda numerious times.
4.  fdisk -l should return no partitions, etc.


Clone a HD using Knoppix Live CD
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1.  Boot CD, run Knoppix 2 for text only
2.  get root shell
	might need to turn on DMA: http://www.turnpike420.net/linux/hdparm.txt
3.  dd if=/dev/hda | ssh user@rem.ote.ho.st dd of=filename.img
4.  then on target machine
5.  ssh user@rem.ote.ho.st dd if=filename.img | dd of=/dev/hda