2009/5/29 Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> 'shred' is part of coreutils (i.e. installed by default). >> Doing something like >> >> shred /dev/sdX >> >> as root will write various bit patterns 25 times over the entire drive >> (see the man page for more options). > > Whoopeeedoo. Thats still not the correct way to erase a disk. > > Use security erase, that is why it is there. I use a hammer, because it wins over all other solutions on both ease of use and catharsis. -- Sam -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
