From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ELS3u-00070j-3p for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 30 Sep 2005 21:04:58 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j8UKu4Yc012603; Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:56:04 GMT Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.204]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j8UKnNEA022284 for ; Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:49:23 GMT Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id x7so8880nzc for ; Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:57:00 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=f2qYE81+he8SgtvHklkBgzxEVEU//5JS0axD6pZS2QSjCcxuWfvhf7+2s8Ljy2rTRcBwOX9xKjWbpOw2zHkBfpZL6HMmr9aNCbFuJrErREEIwLvt8+IL4S3h3ORMc5Gl25gIoKQm5IbdnVX9ry48IWmbDHnEc2voqEUfH1MbHnw= Received: by 10.36.5.3 with SMTP id 3mr2309821nze; Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:56:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.7.18 with HTTP; Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:56:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <558b73fb0509301356v63904228w6644b177a0bab043@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:56:59 -0400 From: Michael Crute To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Good command for wiping a hard drive? In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b0509301334n7aff4434j449f085a4a4e8336@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_2732_15102177.1128113819861" References: <5bdc1c8b0509301334n7aff4434j449f085a4a4e8336@mail.gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 3e75ce63-e718-49ac-bea0-bb026bdb50ff X-Archives-Hash: 17ca79e66a70301e27be324e0cdd8978 ------=_Part_2732_15102177.1128113819861 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On 9/30/05, Mark Knecht wrote: > > 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 -- ________________________________ Michael E. Crute Software Developer SoftGroup Development Corporation Linux, because reboots are for installing hardware. "In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?" ------=_Part_2732_15102177.1128113819861 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline
On 9/30/05, = Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmai= l.com> wrote:
  Sold my laptop on Eb= ay. It was dual boot Gentoo/XP Pro and had
financial data on it. I'd lik= e 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<= br>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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= Michael E. Crute
Software Developer
SoftGroup Development Corporation=

Linux, because reboots are for installing hardware.
"In a w= orld without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?"=20
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