On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 11:12 +0100, Bill Cumming wrote: > Best way is probavly just to use the "dd" command: > If you run off of a live CD then just point "dd" to the drive instead > of a file. > > Example: sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda > > That will overwrite the entire drive that's on /dev/sda with random > data destroying any Filesystem on that drive. > > You should at least do multiple alternating runs of > "/dev/zero" (quick) and "/dev/urandom" (slow) > > > But it's going to be *VERY* slow but worth it to be secure. > > That's just my way of shredding a drive, others will have other ideas > ^_^ > > > On 11 August 2010 11:05, Alan Pope <a...@popey.com> wrote: > > On 11 August 2010 11:01, Byte Soup <bytes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > One of my family wants to shred some HDDs before discarding > them, or giving > > them away on freecycle. What application would you all > recommend to do this? > > I have used "shred" to remove files, but I dont think it can > do an entire > > disc (i.e. some previously deleted files) > > > > > DBAN - Darik's Boot and Nuke. > > http://www.dban.org/ > > Just be sure you only have the disk you want to fry plugged in > when > you run it, and not a disk containing your lovingly curated > collection > of pony pictures. > > Cheers, > Al. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > > -- > Regards > > Bill Cumming > > Twitter: @s0l_uk > Skype: s0litaire > eMail: b...@s0l.co.uk
My only beef with dd is the lack of feedback - nothing appears to be happening. There's a replacement in the repos called dcfldd. Does a similar thing and accepts similar arguments but gives back a progress bar of sorts. Regards Dan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
