user@debian:~$ sudo -i root@debian:~# cat /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name 7 0 247256 loop0 179 0 31226880 mmcblk0 179 1 30898224 mmcblk0p1 8 0 15141504 sda 8 1 15140480 sda1 31 0 16384 mtdblock0 8 16 125034840 sdb 8 17 524288 sdb1 8 18 249856 sdb2 8 19 124259328 sdb3 root@debian:~# wipefs -a /dev/mmcblk0p1 /dev/mmcblk0p1: 2 bytes were erased at offset 0x00000438 (ext4): 53 ef root@debian:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk0p1 bs=1M count=500 status=progress 500+0 records in 500+0 records out 524288000 bytes (524 MB, 500 MiB) copied, 43.1532 s, 12.1 MB/s root@debian:~# root@debian:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1M count=50 status=progress 50+0 records in 50+0 records out 52428800 bytes (52 MB, 50 MiB) copied, 4.36634 s, 12.0 MB/s root@debian:~# partprobe /dev/mmcblk0 root@debian:~# parted -s /dev/mmcblk0 print Error: /dev/mmcblk0: unrecognised disk label Model: SD USDU1 (sd/mmc) Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 32.0GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: unknown Disk Flags: