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From: "Michael Kjörling" <michael@kjorling.se>
To: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Cannot wipe header on device
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:35:27 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151210133527.GD3087@yeono.kjorling.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEtdG7vb9Em9xLDkcyzeixfUukwWjQamzBd+iR0KfARR2pgiWA@mail.gmail.com>

On 10 Dec 2015 11:18 +0100, from luis.a.de.sousa@gmail.com (Luís de Sousa):
> Cannot wipe header on device /dev/sdb1.
> Command failed with code 5: Cannot wipe header on device /dev/sdb1.

What happens if you try to overwrite the first ten MB or so of the
device using dd?

Something like `dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb1 bs=4096 count=2500 conv=sync`

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Michael Kjörling • https://michael.kjorling.se • michael@kjorling.se
                 “People who think they know everything really annoy
                 those of us who know we don’t.” (Bjarne Stroustrup)

  reply	other threads:[~2015-12-10 13:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-12-10 10:18 [dm-crypt] Cannot wipe header on device Luís de Sousa
2015-12-10 13:35 ` Michael Kjörling [this message]
2015-12-10 16:49 ` H McCurdy
2015-12-10 17:24   ` Luís de Sousa
2015-12-10 17:37     ` H McCurdy
2015-12-10 18:25       ` Luís de Sousa
2015-12-10 19:54         ` H McCurdy
2015-12-11  4:33           ` Arno Wagner
     [not found]           ` <CAEtdG7sSJQC79cAqCGcMwREH_nTb8NakiXSfCr3+vv3vyo0w+A@mail.gmail.com>
2015-12-11 14:09             ` [dm-crypt] Fwd: " Luís de Sousa
2015-12-11 14:34               ` Milan Broz
2015-12-11 14:56                 ` Luís de Sousa
2015-12-11 15:10                   ` Milan Broz
2015-12-13 19:52                   ` Milan Broz
2015-12-14  8:44                     ` Luís de Sousa
2015-12-14 14:46                       ` Sven Eschenberg
2015-12-14 19:53                       ` Robert Nichols
2015-12-14 20:39                         ` Arno Wagner
2015-12-15  8:53                       ` Luís de Sousa
2015-12-15  9:37                         ` Milan Broz
2015-12-15 17:53                         ` Robert Nichols
2015-12-16  4:06                         ` David Christensen
2015-12-10 19:06 ` [dm-crypt] " David Christensen

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