Can anyone tell me if there is a utility that comes with SuSE 8.2 Pro that I could use to securel wipe an entire hard-disk? I have to retire a machine, and want to be able to return it "clean"
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VANTASSLE, GEORDON M (SBCSI) wrote:
Can anyone tell me if there is a utility that comes with SuSE 8.2 Pro that I could use to securel wipe an entire hard-disk? I have to retire a machine, and want to be able to return it "clean"
Something like: "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdx"? -- Andreas
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 18:46, Andreas Winkelmann wrote:
VANTASSLE, GEORDON M (SBCSI) wrote:
Can anyone tell me if there is a utility that comes with SuSE 8.2 Pro that I could use to securel wipe an entire hard-disk? I have to retire a machine, and want to be able to return it "clean"
Something like: "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdx"? I would have something like :
for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ; do echo "Run $i of 20"; dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/hdx ; done Well, obviously change the "for" bit for the the number of times you want it to run :grin:
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