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From:	Francesco Talamona <ti.liame@×××××.it>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	[gentoo-user] Re: low-level formatting a harddrive
Date:	Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:16:08
Message-Id:	`200510182005.01649.ti.liame@email.it`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] low-level formatting a harddrive by maxim wexler

1	On Tuesday 18 October 2005 17:42, maxim wexler wrote:
2	[...]
3	>Is there a
4	> way to do a low-level format of part of a drive while
5	> leaving the rest intact?
6
7	It is a contradiction in terms, partitioning is not low-level.
8
9	Use partimage to save the partition to preserve and check/format the
10	disk with provided utility.
11
12	Ciao
13	Francesco
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