Re: [gentoo-user] Good command for wiping a hard drive?

[Michael Crute <mcrute@gmail.com>]

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On 9/30/05, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Sold my laptop on Ebay. It was dual boot Gentoo/XP Pro and had
> financial data on it. I'd like to pretty securely wipe the drive
> before shipping. I've already deleted all 10 partitions and written
> new partitions on which are different sizes and different file
> systems. What simple command can Ido to write data to the whole drive?
>
> After doing this I will be deleting all partitions again and
> running the XP reinstall disk from Compaq so that the new buyer gets a
> machine more or less ready for him to work. (I offered to set him up
> with Gentoo but he didn't byte.) ;-)
>
>
>  I should think you could use `dd` but im not sure exactly the command
syntax you need.
 -Mike

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