On 08/28/2010 11:05 AM, Steven Stern wrote: > On 08/27/2010 11:25 PM, JD wrote: >> Is there a Linux util to scrub free disk blocks and keep everything >> else intact ?? >> > This really is an interested thread... but why do you want to scrub free > blocks? > > I can think of a few reasons: > > 1) You're running Linux in a virtual machine. Zeroing all free space > makes it easier to compress the image file. > > 2) You've been looking at something "bad" and want to make sure all > traces of it are gone before the lawyers/cops arrive. > > There are probably other good reasons, but I'm stalled out here. > > > Too dumb a question to respond to. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
