yea "dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/<hard drive node>" is good. do this a few times.
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 8:29 PM, David Zakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah, I completely forgot about shred. That would seem to be a good option > from what I remember of it. I'll give it a whirl and let you guys know how > it goes. > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > > -DMZ > > > > *From:* David Finkel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 09, 2008 8:10 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [UM-LINUX] Good Linux solution for wiping 1394 drives? > > > > 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] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 7:16 PM > > To: [email protected] > > 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]> <[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]> <[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 > > > > > -- Neil Sikka
