On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 01:45 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Thursday 06 April 2006 07:01, Mike McCarty wrote: [snip] > > > > You might want to do a dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/borrowed-disk if you don't > > want the owner knowing what was on the borrowed disk and intend to return > > it. > > I'd think that if=/dev/zero might be just a tad faster, but I suppose > that the action will be I/O bound by the disc anyway. If one is really > worried, though, a simple overwrite is not enough. Partial or even > complete data recovery might be possible. I'm not an expert on > data destruction.
# wajig install wipe # umount /dev/sda1 # wipe -i /dev/sda1 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "I need an expert on the pain I'm goin' thru, so I keep George on the ol' turn table 'till I'm over you..." Mark Chesnutt, "Just Playin' Possum" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
