On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 02:02:57PM -0500, Walter Tautz wrote: > Please cc me on responses as I'm not on the list. > > > > Just wondering how one can accomplish cleaning > up the disk? I.e. I want to overwrite > the existing disk so that no information can > be recovered. I've heard that dd has it's uses? > Simply recreating file systems is not likely > to be sufficient. > > walter >
Don't use /dev/random . The entropy pool in the kernel contains only 4096 bits, when these are used up, /dev/random blocks. wipe is a much better way to go, AND much faster than a blocked file transfer. The design premiss of wipe is that a thoughtfully designed data sequence will remove the remanent magnetization in the skirts of the tracks. Using one pass of /dev/random leaves intelligible stuff in the skirts. -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
