-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/09/2009 12:26 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Tom Horsley wrote: >> On Sat, 9 May 2009 08:02:22 -0500 >> Dave Ihnat wrote: >> >>> Hmm...just curious; why didn't you just cat /dev/zero >/dev/sdc? >> >> I don't think cat knows when to stop. >> >> I always use dd to restrict it to a few disk blocks - I find that >> wiping the first 10K or so usually gets enough to make the disk >> look blank, and doesn't take as long as wiping the whole disk. >> (Of course if you are going for security, you might want to wipe >> the whole disk). >> > If you want security you go for zeros to avoid reading something eveil. > If you don't want to share your data with something evel, dban is your > friend, although somewhat overkill for flash, which I suspect has a lot > less memory than magnetic media. > > Definitely what you do before scrapping old drives. > I find an 8 lb sledgehammer and a couple of good swings is both emotionally satisfying and sufficient to render a disk or flash drive unreadable. - -- Steve -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkoGAKkACgkQeERILVgMyvCBkACffQhAhIG5wnMX2haT+QcWIAsT lAYAnA8J3et4QTAjKBEkutEMVUjZ0NxW =GBip -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
