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Old 07-13-2016, 07:01 PM   #469
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Originally Posted by bArDBQ View Post
How would I do that using Ubuntu?
Code:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=512 count=1
This will clobber the MBR/partition table, and cause enough damage that the Kindle will have to reformat it.
You will probably have to run that command with sudo.

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You could also use fdisk to delete the partition, or similarly the abundance of disk utilities out there. GNOME comes with `gnome-disks`, for example.
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