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Re: Erase Data from Disks
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Gilles Schipper <[log in to unmask]>
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Gilles Schipper <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:00:25 -0400
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At 05:50 PM 1999-09-21 -0400, Steve Cole wrote:
>The "formatvol" within the volutil utility should reformat disks that are
>not mounted within a volume_set.  The command does take a while to complete.
>

And, don't interrupt the "formatvol" command - unless you really want the
disk to be inaccessable.

Depending upon the size and model of disk, the command could take up to 2
or 3 hours to complete.

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