> >>>>> "Keith" == Keith Owens <kaos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> >> I guess we could blast - say 70KB - of NULL chars to the start of
> >> the partition. As far as I can tell, that should get rid of any fs
> >> that Linux currently supports (Unless they try and use backup
> >> copies in that case. I guess we'll have to experiment a bit).
>
> Keith> EFI partitions are basically VFAT but they have a backup copy
> Keith> of the FAT at the end of the partition. People have wiped the
> Keith> start of EFI partitions and it still comes back as EFI.
>
> Bugger. We need to clear out some space at the end too then...
We already write one block out there....
So does every other mkfs go to great care to trash other filesystems
superblocks? I don't see why we should if they don't.
Steve
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