On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:05:11 -0500 Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Once upon a time, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > > If you want to erase your drive, issue a secure erase command. It's as > > simple as that. > > Is there a simple way to do that on Linux? hdparm supports it. hdparm --security-erase NULL (or the password) /dev/whatever Note that it wipes the entire media not a partition... -- 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
