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As this command writes to the disk until it runs out of disk space, you will get an error "No space left on the device". This is expected. | As this command writes to the disk until it runs out of disk space, you will get an error "No space left on the device". This is expected. | ||
Note that you have multiple partitions that you have to repeat the above command to zero out for each partition. | |||
Adjust "zero.fill" to the relevant mountpoint, for example if you have a separate partition for home it would become: | |||
cat /dev/zero > /home/zero.fill;sync;sleep 1;sync;rm -f /home/zero.fill | |||
==== Zero out unused space on a Windows VM ==== | ==== Zero out unused space on a Windows VM ==== | ||