On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 12:03 -0400, Genes MailLists wrote:
On 08/29/2011 08:07 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
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> Am 30.08.2011 02:05, schrieb Chris Adams:
>> Once upon a time, Alan Cox <alan(a)lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> said:
>>> If you want to erase your drive, issue a secure erase command. It's as
>>> simple as that.
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>> Is there a simple way to do that on Linux?
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> dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/your/device
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Check the documentation for:
hdparm --secure-erase
and/or --security-erase-enhanced
gene/
How do you feel about the sentence in the man page jusr before thewse
options are described thus:
These switches are DANGEROUS to experiment with, and might not work
with every kernel. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
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