ally have secure wipe functions in the controller for this not
> to destroy the flash with shred or like. From my notes:
>
> ## if SSD
>
> ## if you need to wipe the disks, use a security erase on them
> ## you will sometimes need to unfreeze drives, a suspend and awaken works
finally got it to install correctly!
On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 12:54 AM Michael wrote:
> they had installed windows on it.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 4:18 AM Michael wrote:
>
>> Well, I just got the computer back from the shop and he said I need to
>> wipe the disk to install linux on it. Rig
they had installed windows on it.
On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 4:18 AM Michael wrote:
> Well, I just got the computer back from the shop and he said I need to
> wipe the disk to install linux on it. Right now it won't load past the
> hardware splash screen.
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 3:50 AM Steve
Well, I just got the computer back from the shop and he said I need to wipe
the disk to install linux on it. Right now it won't load past the hardware
splash screen.
On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 3:50 AM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2022-08-29 at 22:4
On Mon, 2022-08-29 at 22:45 +, T Zack Crawford via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> I would probably do a `dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX` if I am understanding what
> you're asking. Or you could do urandom
I've got a question. If you need to wipe them, they're leaving your possession.
If
they're leaving y
Rather than wiping old drives, a friend of mine would sometimes bring them
along with us to use for target practice.
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SSD/NVME usually have secure wipe functions in the controller for this not
to destroy the flash with shred or like. From my notes:
## if SSD
## if you need to wipe the disks, use a security erase on them
## you will sometimes need to unfreeze drives, a suspend and awaken works
sudo hdparm -I
ng would I type
> sudo shred /dev/sda
> From a live disk?
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Don't do that to an SSD.
On 8/29/22 14:47, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
To delete everything would I type
sudo shred /dev/sda
From a live disk?
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More to the point how do I wipe the disk?
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> To delete everything would I type
> sudo shred /dev/sda
> From a live disk?
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To delete everything would I type
sudo shred /dev/sda
>From a live disk?
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Sparkfun to the rescue! https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/132
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Matt Graham wrote:
> On 2013-08-19 10:39, Carruth, Rusty wrote:
>
>> Don't' know if I need to see the code, but I'm certainly curious to know
>> how you made it slightly more efficient :-)
>>
>
> If
On 2013-08-19 10:39, Carruth, Rusty wrote:
Don't' know if I need to see the code, but I'm certainly curious to
know
how you made it slightly more efficient :-)
If you do "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=32k" , then dd is constantly
reading from /dev/zero . Sure, reading from /dev/zero is fast
to:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.phxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Matt
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Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 10:36 AM
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: RE: shred vs writing zeros to wipe a drive
On 2013-08-19 08:33, Carruth, Rusty wrote:
> One alternative to copying zeros to the drive is to copy from
On 2013-08-19 08:33, Carruth, Rusty wrote:
One alternative to copying zeros to the drive is to copy from
/dev/urandom (I think it's urandom
Yes. /dev/random gives you really high-quality randomness, which takes
a lot longer to generate.
I had to wipe an older 250G disk a while back since I
More good information!! Thank you!!
Keith Smith
From: "Carruth, Rusty"
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Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 8:33 AM
Subject: RE: shred vs writing zeros to wipe a drive
In addition, what is th
ugust 19, 2013 7:41 AM
To: keith smith; Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: shred vs writing zeros to wipe a drive
Stephen mentioned one aspect - impact if someone recreates the data.
Another is the technical capability of the hard drive recipient and
anyone else that gets the drive. Ove
ou several hours.
Regards,
George Toft
On 8/18/2013 8:19 PM, keith smith wrote:
Hi All,
I have an old computer that I am giving to a friend so I wanted to
wipe the drives in preparation for that.
The master is 250GB
The slave is 1TB.
I read a couple articles that suggested using a rescu
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> *Sent:* Sunday, August 18, 2013 9:03 PM
> *Subject:* Re: shred vs writing zeros to wipe a drive
>
> It really depends on the data on the drive. How impactful it would
, 2013 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: shred vs writing zeros to wipe a drive
It really depends on the data on the drive. How impactful it would be to have
that data get into the hands of someone else. And is the 12 hour shred going to
equal that.
I would say that if you are running a 3 pass shred another
Hi All,
I have an old computer that I am giving to a friend so I wanted to wipe the
drives in preparation for that.
The master is 250GB
The slave is 1TB.
I read a couple articles that suggested using a rescue disk and the shred
utility to take care of this. I also read that shred is not
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