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 1ELSNJ-0003b3-RW for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 30 Sep 2005 21:25:02 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j8ULFXSp001685; Fri, 30 Sep 2005 21:15:33 GMT Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.207]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j8UL5gvI012127 for ; Fri, 30 Sep 2005 21:05:43 GMT Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s7so8330wxc for ; Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:13:19 -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=fZAKnWklG1YmidKVm24O7pSGEyyQ84c5qTO8w25qX0kidMi0fpMQgFq0Kf3DnkByZDb2P7S30BQ8VrkfI0wTA5EBkWWY1alNOhdddCxGp0W/pUzMM9KSlRgKmZOgmGVGqL9E6tzqEvvPyYPoTe1ljHEN45CwKtTKS+okw4ccoWE= Received: by 10.70.113.4 with SMTP id l4mr1016866wxc; Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:13:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.116.18 with HTTP; Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:13:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <642958cc0509301413r29698e86kf34f6e36ae83a64f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:13:19 -0400 From: Mark Shields To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Good command for wiping a hard drive? In-Reply-To: <642958cc0509301410p5782472bw9866e5a66fb5ed8b@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_5861_17718690.1128114799891" References: <5bdc1c8b0509301334n7aff4434j449f085a4a4e8336@mail.gmail.com> <642958cc0509301410p5782472bw9866e5a66fb5ed8b@mail.gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: bcd0da35-53f3-4bd7-9561-a27a198cca6f X-Archives-Hash: 0fa90856a8a8f31ced621432d08974db ------=_Part_5861_17718690.1128114799891 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Forgot to credit my source: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=3D&postid=3D184877= 0 That post also mentions a Helix livecd that comes with the dlcfdd program I mentioned. On 9/30/05, Mark Shields wrote: > > Deleting and recreating new, different partitions isn't enough, as the ra= w > data is still there. I would use /dev/urandom combined /bin/dd. Never don= e > this before, but *should* work. Boot from the gentoo livecd (or some othe= r > livecd that provides a full working linux environment), type dd > if=3D/dev/urandom of=3D/dev/hda conv=3Dnotrunc . Run that about 10 times = (you do > want it securely erased right?) or however many times you feel is necessa= ry. > Use dlcfdd instead of dd if you can, as with an extra CLI option > (sizeprobe=3Dof) you can get a progress bar. > > On 9/30/05, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > Hi, > > 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.) ;-) > > > > Cheers, > > Mark > > > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > -- > - Mark Shields -- - Mark Shields ------=_Part_5861_17718690.1128114799891 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Forgot to credit my source:  http://www.linuxquestio= ns.org/questions/showthread.php?s=3D&postid=3D1848770

That post also mentions a Helix livecd that comes with the dlcfdd program I= mentioned.

On 9/30/05, Mark Shields < laebshade@gmail.com> wrote:
Deleting and recreating new, different partitions i= sn't enough, as the raw data is still there.  I would use /dev/urandom combined /bin/dd.  Never done this before, but *should* work.  Boot from the gentoo livecd (or some other livecd that provides a full working linux environment), type dd if=3D/dev/urandom of=3D/dev/hda conv=3Dnotrunc .  Run that about 10 times (you do want it securely erased right?) or however many times you feel is necessary.  Use dlcfdd instead of dd if you can, as with an extra CLI option (sizeprobe=3Dof) you can get a progress bar.

= On 9/30/05, Mark = Knecht < markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
   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<= br>machine more or less ready for him to work. (I offered to set him up
= with Gentoo but he didn't byte.) ;-)

Cheers,
Mark

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