> > If the drive has encrypted data, then you don't need to wipe much. I > would do the following, and call it good: > > dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdX bs=1M count=100 > > This will wipe pseudorandom data to the first 100MB of the drive, which > should wipe out any of the encrypted header information at the beginning > of the partition. Further, notice that I'm using /dev/sdX rather than > /dev/sdX#. Sending it to the drive should wipe the bootloader also, as > well as take out the partition information. > >
You are right. Wiping a whole drive is a long process that's one of the reasons why I started using LUKS containers. Although before setting up Luks I use the urandom as well but it comes to the fore when the drive dies with the platters intact. At least I can rest assured knowing that the data cannot be retrieved easily. -- Kind regards, Yudi
