Re: [UM-LINUX] Good Linux solution for wiping 1394 drives?

[David Finkel]

David, There is a good tool called shred which is part of core utils, and hence part of the base system. the simplest usage would be #shred $device_node It will overwrite  the drive with random data, a configurable number of times.  man shred would be your friend though. -David Finkel David Zakar wrote: This drive has some data on it that I would genuinely like to be gone forever, not just hard to get, since it's being sold on eBay eventually. The page you linked to only specifies that some entity feels that a single overwrite of zeroes is enough to do so. It does not even come close to rigorously proving this is the case, especially since no one has taken them up on their challenge. So, thanks for the info, but it's not what I'm looking for. Anyone else have any suggestions? -DMZ -----Original Message----- From: Ralph Edezhath [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 7:16 PM To: UM-LINUX@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [UM-LINUX] Good Linux solution for wiping 1394 drives? ha ha ha clipboard error.. this is the link i meant http://16systems.com/zero/index.html On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Ralph Edezhath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 'secure wiping' maybe something of a myth. No one has taken up the zero challenge yet http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2329941,00.asp so maybe just do what they did instead of messing up your drive with a 'secure wipe' On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 7:04 PM, David Zakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, all, Quick question: does anyone know of a good method in Linux to securely wipe a 1394 / Firewire drive? DBAN would be good, except it doesn't work on external drives at all. :( Unfortunately, removing the disk from the enclosure is not an option, as I don't have any accessible IDE ports on our remaining desktop. -DMZ