cat /dev/random > /dev/hd* (where * is the drive letter you're surplussing) should do it for most uses. If you're feeling especially paranoid, check out http://abaababa.ouvaton.org/wipe/ .
ap ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Walter Tautz wrote: > Please cc me on responses as I'm not on the list. > > > > Just wondering how one can accomplish cleaning > up the disk? I.e. I want to overwrite > the existing disk so that no information can > be recovered. I've heard that dd has it's uses? > Simply recreating file systems is not likely > to be sufficient. > > walter > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
