Disk Zero - Adaptec RAID 2810SA Software Reference Manual

disk zero

To clear an entire SCSI disk, use the disk zero command. When
you clear a disk, all data is erased and cannot be recovered.
Command And Switch Availability
This command and its associated switch (or switches) are supported
on the following operating systems:
Windows NT
Windows 2000 (basic disk only)
Windows XP (basic disk only)
NetWare
Syntax
disk zero [/always{=boolean}] [/wait{=boolean}]
{scsi_device}
Parameters
{scsi_device}
Specifies the ID for the SCSI disk you want to clear. A SCSI ID
consists of a SCSI channel number (for example, 0, 1, 2, 3, etc.),
device ID (0 through 15 inclusive), and device logical unit
number (0 through 7 inclusive). See the scsi_device section
on page 3-7 for more information on how to specify the SCSI
device.
Switches
/always{=boolean}
Specifies whether to clear the disk, even if it has data on it. If
you specify TRUE, the command clears the disk even if it has
data on it.
The default behavior for the command is FALSE; the command
clears the disk only if it has no data on it. Specifying /always
overrides this behavior.
In both cases, all user files must be closed. The /always
switch cannot override this restriction.
disk Commands
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