> This command will take forever and ever and ever (reads against /dev/random
> blocks as the kernel runs out of entropy). /dev/urandom would be better but
> still not very fast.
I recently came across a replacement for /dev/urandom called frandom
that the author claims is 10x faster on i686 hardw
> Oh, and I *do* have to do at DOD full sanitization: I work at a US gov't
> agency, and the machine's being surplused
is dban really certified for DOD full sanitization ?
no: http://www.dban.org/node/52 ?
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On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:40:05 -0400, Lamar Owen wrote:
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>> As you said: Take a sledge hammer to it.
>
> obFridayHumor
>
> www.harddrivedestruction.com
>
> The videos are worth the look, especially
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yISqCAnROh8 (it was a good thing I didn't
> have any
On 27/08/2010 15:48, Peter Kjellstrom wrote:
> On Friday 27 August 2010, Kevin Thorpe wrote:
>>On 27/08/2010 15:19, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
>>> I'm trying to nuke a Dell Optiplex GX620. I've got a perfectly good dban
>>> 1.0.4 that I've used a bunch of times... but on this machine, it says
>>
On 08/27/10 7:33 AM, Kevin Thorpe wrote:
>
> Assuming the drive to kill is /dev/sda:
> dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/sda
>
/dev/random is WAY to slow for this. byte at a time, gads, that would
take *days* (hint, use bs=65536 next time you use dd to bulk wipe something)
with modern drives, just w
On Friday, August 27, 2010 02:14:52 pm Benjamin Franz wrote:
> There are just a *lot* of ways for a theoretically 'wiped' drive to not
> actually be fully wiped.
>
> As you said: Take a sledge hammer to it.
obFridayHumor
www.harddrivedestruction.com
The videos are worth the look, especially
h
On 08/27/2010 10:27 AM, JohnS wrote:
*GRIN* take a Sledge Hammer to it.
Dban at once did not support HPA nor DCO it still may not.
It still doesn't.
There are just a *lot* of ways for a theoretically 'wiped' drive to not
actually be fully wiped.
As you said: Take a sledge hammer to it.
JohnS wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 09:17 -0700, Benjamin Franz wrote:
>
>> Given that modern hard drives can remap damaged sectors automatically,
>> it is quite possible for an 'erased' drive to still have data on it that
>> can't be removed by any software based erasure because it can't be
>>
On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 09:17 -0700, Benjamin Franz wrote:
> Given that modern hard drives can remap damaged sectors automatically,
> it is quite possible for an 'erased' drive to still have data on it that
> can't be removed by any software based erasure because it can't be
> accessed by the OS
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote, On 08/27/2010 10:57 AM:
> m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
>> I'm trying to nuke a Dell Optiplex GX620. I've got a perfectly good dban
>> 1.0.4 that I've used a bunch of times... but on this machine, it says
>> starting, then dies, saying "dban has finished with non-fatal errors.
>>
Todd Denniston wrote:
> m.r...@5-cent.us wrote, On 08/27/2010 10:57 AM:
>> m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
>>> I'm trying to nuke a Dell Optiplex GX620. I've got a perfectly good
>>> dban
>>> 1.0.4 that I've used a bunch of times... but on this machine, it says
>>> starting, then dies, saying "dban has fin
On 08/27/2010 08:25 AM, Todd Denniston wrote:
> m.r...@5-cent.us wrote, On 08/27/2010 10:57 AM:
>
>> Oh, and I *do* have to do at DOD full sanitization: I work at a US gov't
>> agency, and the machine's being surplused
>>
> Suggestion, check with your local DRMO (or whatever they are
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
> I'm trying to nuke a Dell Optiplex GX620. I've got a perfectly good dban
> 1.0.4 that I've used a bunch of times... but on this machine, it says
> starting, then dies, saying "dban has finished with non-fatal errors.
> Check the log for more information" It never gets to t
On Friday 27 August 2010, Kevin Thorpe wrote:
> On 27/08/2010 15:19, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
> > I'm trying to nuke a Dell Optiplex GX620. I've got a perfectly good dban
> > 1.0.4 that I've used a bunch of times... but on this machine, it says
> > starting, then dies, saying "dban has finished wi
Hi,
> On 27/08/2010 15:19, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
>> I'm trying to nuke a Dell Optiplex GX620. I've got a perfectly good dban
>> 1.0.4 that I've used a bunch of times... but on this machine, it says
>> starting, then dies, saying "dban has finished with non-fatal errors.
>> Check the log for mo
On 27/08/2010 15:19, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
> I'm trying to nuke a Dell Optiplex GX620. I've got a perfectly good dban
> 1.0.4 that I've used a bunch of times... but on this machine, it says
> starting, then dies, saying "dban has finished with non-fatal errors.
> Check the log for more informat
I'm trying to nuke a Dell Optiplex GX620. I've got a perfectly good dban
1.0.4 that I've used a bunch of times... but on this machine, it says
starting, then dies, saying "dban has finished with non-fatal errors.
Check the log for more information" It never gets to the interactive menu.
Now that I
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