Jim Garlick wrote:
> I think the main thing shred needs is the more modern 3-4 pass overwrite
> algorithms. Supposedly the full Gutmann algorithm is really only effective
> on MFM drives, and 3-4 passes is all you need on modern drives. As Toni
> points out, it would be extremely advantageous to
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 03:24:12PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Toni Ruottu wrote:
> > I've been trying to get Diskscrub (
> > http://*code.google.com/p/diskscrub/ ) to Ubuntu installation cd.
> > Having it on the cd would be good as it'd allow one to boot from the
> > cd and securely erase the ent
Toni Ruottu wrote:
> I've been trying to get Diskscrub (
> http://code.google.com/p/diskscrub/ ) to Ubuntu installation cd.
> Having it on the cd would be good as it'd allow one to boot from the
> cd and securely erase the entire hard disk.
>
> Usually getting a package to the cd is done in three s
