On Monday 14 March 2005 12:30, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > Gus Wirth wrote: > > At 10:47 03/14/2005 -0800, Stewart Stremler wrote: > > >begin quoting gossamer axe as of Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 08:14:23AM -0800: > > >> If I remember correctly, I used to read these files I found on old > > >> BBSes, The Sysops had some sort of program or DOS batch file that > > >> would format the hard drive with a command, in case the FBI was after > > >> them for their Pirate BBSes. Maybe a little paranoia mixed in there > > >> too =] > > > > > >nohup sudo dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hda & exit > > > > > >-Stewart "Not tried it. Ought to try it. Surely it'll work?" Stremler > > > > This doesn't work the way you want. dd will write starting from the front > > of the disk. It will overwrite something that the system needs which then > > causes a crash before the disk is wiped, thus leaving recoverable data on > > the disk. > > Have you actually tried that? dd already has the libraryies it needs > loaded. /dev/random is already opened, so removing it won't harm > anything. > > You may run into problems if the system has to access a swapped-ou > process after the swap partition/file has been obliterated. > > Anyone want to test a theory at the next Linux Lab?
Hang on- I have a box that needs reloading anyways I will get back to y'all in a few. Beginning self-destruct sequence in 5...4...3...2...1.... C. > > -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
