On 09/28/2013 04:14 PM, David G. Miller wrote:
> Steve Thompson writes:
>
>>
>> On Thu, 26 Sep 2013, Bret Taylor wrote:
>>
>>> A fairly simple solution is
>>> dd if=/dev/zero (or urandom) of=/dev/(device)
>>
>> I usually hit the disk with a hammer. Satisfying
>>
>> -s
>>
> I run badblocks in write
On 28/09/13 16:35, Phil Dobbin wrote:
> On 26/09/13 20:33, John R Pierce wrote:
>> On 9/26/2013 11:30 AM, Phil Dobbin wrote:
>>> I have a CentOS server (a Dell 860) with two drives in it.
>>>
>>> One is running CentOS 6.4 which I want to keep & the bigger 400GB drive
>>> has Debian 7 on it which I
On 26/09/13 20:33, John R Pierce wrote:
> On 9/26/2013 11:30 AM, Phil Dobbin wrote:
>> I have a CentOS server (a Dell 860) with two drives in it.
>>
>> One is running CentOS 6.4 which I want to keep & the bigger 400GB drive
>> has Debian 7 on it which I want to erase & use for backups.
>>
>> Which
Steve Thompson writes:
>
> On Thu, 26 Sep 2013, Bret Taylor wrote:
>
> > A fairly simple solution is
> > dd if=/dev/zero (or urandom) of=/dev/(device)
>
> I usually hit the disk with a hammer. Satisfying
>
> -s
>
I run badblocks in write mode on the drive. badblbocks does four passes
(all
On 9/27/2013 7:05 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
>> At a former place of employment we would simply not leave hard drives in
>> >servers or desktops that were intended to be recycled or junked. The hard
>> >drives got disposed of separately (in this case crushed with a hydraulic
>> >wedge).
> Hah! Wh
From: Steve Thompson
> On Thu, 26 Sep 2013, Bret Taylor wrote:
> I usually hit the disk with a hammer. Satisfying :-)
I disassemble the drives... I keep the shiny platters to scare birds or
make sculptures, and I play with the magnets!
JD
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Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote:
> mark wrote:
>> On 09/26/13 18:32, Bret Taylor wrote:
>>> Paul Heinlein wrote:
On Thu, 26 Sep 2013, SilverTip257 wrote:
> Eh, I don't really think dban is necessary. Probably more than an
> fdisk and creating a file system is overkill.
My p
SilverTip257 wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 7:11 AM, mark wrote:
>> On 09/26/13 18:32, Bret Taylor wrote:
>> > Paul Heinlein wrote:
>>
>> >> I've never seen the need for a seven-pass randomization. If pressed,
>> >> I'd probably agree that a one-pass zeroing is good enough for just
>> >> about
mark wrote:
> On 09/26/13 18:32, Bret Taylor wrote:
>> Paul Heinlein wrote:
>>> On Thu, 26 Sep 2013, SilverTip257 wrote:
>>>
Eh, I don't really think dban is necessary. Probably more than an
fdisk and creating a file system is overkill.
>>>
>>> My policies are work are simple:
>>>
>>>
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 7:11 AM, mark wrote:
> On 09/26/13 18:32, Bret Taylor wrote:
> > Paul Heinlein wrote:
>
> >> I've never seen the need for a seven-pass randomization. If pressed,
> >> I'd probably agree that a one-pass zeroing is good enough for just
> >> about any situation. Asset retire
On 09/26/13 18:32, Bret Taylor wrote:
> Paul Heinlein wrote:
>> On Thu, 26 Sep 2013, SilverTip257 wrote:
>>
>>> Eh, I don't really think dban is necessary. Probably more than an
>>> fdisk and creating a file system is overkill.
>>
>> My policies are work are simple:
>>
>> 1. Re-use by same empl
On Thu, 26 Sep 2013, Bret Taylor wrote:
> A fairly simple solution is
> dd if=/dev/zero (or urandom) of=/dev/(device)
I usually hit the disk with a hammer. Satisfying :-)
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Paul Heinlein wrote:
>On Thu, 26 Sep 2013, SilverTip257 wrote:
>
>> Eh, I don't really think dban is necessary. Probably more than an
>> fdisk and creating a file system is overkill.
>
>My policies are work are simple:
>
> 1. Re-use by same employee: stick with filesystem tools.
> 2. Re-use wi
On Thu, 26 Sep 2013, SilverTip257 wrote:
Eh, I don't really think dban is necessary. Probably more than an
fdisk and creating a file system is overkill.
My policies are work are simple:
1. Re-use by same employee: stick with filesystem tools.
2. Re-use within company: single-pass zeroing o
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Paul Heinlein wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Sep 2013, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
>
> Burn a DBAN disk []
>>>
>>
>> Then put the dban disk on the shelf over your desk [...]
>>
>
Eh, I don't really think dban is necessary. Probably more than an fdisk
and creating a file sy
On Thu, 26 Sep 2013, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
Burn a DBAN disk []
Then put the dban disk on the shelf over your desk [...]
Then make it available via PXE, though with a DANGER warning in your
PXE menu :-).
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On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 3:33 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
> On 9/26/2013 11:30 AM, Phil Dobbin wrote:
> > I have a CentOS server (a Dell 860) with two drives in it.
> >
> > One is running CentOS 6.4 which I want to keep & the bigger 400GB drive
> > has Debian 7 on it which I want to erase & use for b
On 9/26/2013 11:30 AM, Phil Dobbin wrote:
> I have a CentOS server (a Dell 860) with two drives in it.
>
> One is running CentOS 6.4 which I want to keep & the bigger 400GB drive
> has Debian 7 on it which I want to erase & use for backups.
>
> Which is the best way to go about achieving my intende
Please don't top post.
Bret Taylor wrote:
> m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
>>Bret Taylor wrote:
>>> Phil Dobbin wrote:
I have a CentOS server (a Dell 860) with two drives in it.
One is running CentOS 6.4 which I want to keep & the bigger 400GB
>>drive has Debian 7 on it which I want to eras
Better safe than sorry. Even if people think it's "overkill". There's paranoid,
and then there's best practice; in my mind they're one in the same.
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
>Bret Taylor wrote:
>> Phil Dobbin wrote:
>>>
>>>I have a CentOS server (a Dell 860) with two drives in it.
>>>One is runnin
Bret Taylor wrote:
> Phil Dobbin wrote:
>>
>>I have a CentOS server (a Dell 860) with two drives in it.
>>One is running CentOS 6.4 which I want to keep & the bigger 400GB drive
>>has Debian 7 on it which I want to erase & use for backups.
>>Which is the best way to go about achieving my intended
Burn a DBAN disk. Shutdown, pull out the drive you want to keep. Boot to the
dban disk, when prompted type autonuke, wait for the process to complete.
Shutdown, reinsert the centos drive you wanted to keep. You will now have your
centos main drive, and a blank backup disk. You'll need to run mkf
Hi.
I have a CentOS server (a Dell 860) with two drives in it.
One is running CentOS 6.4 which I want to keep & the bigger 400GB drive
has Debian 7 on it which I want to erase & use for backups.
Which is the best way to go about achieving my intended goal? The Debian
drive is not mounted when
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