Depending on who makes the drive, the manufacturer's diag tool will generally have something that will secure erase all of the drive assuming the drive is still working enough. I know last time I used the seagate diag tool it on the menu. On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 1:17 PM, jd1008 <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 11/16/2014 12:09 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: >> >> On Sun, 16 Nov 2014 12:04:31 -0700 >> jd1008 wrote: >> >>> Before sending the drive for warranty service, what is the best way to >>> clean the unallocated blocks? >> >> A way is to run as root "cp /dev/zero tempfile" for one "tempfile" per >> partition >> until the cp fails due to running out of disk space. That will allocate >> all >> free space and write zeroes to it. > > I had read somewhere that THAT is not enough. > I recall that in fc12 there was a util that would scavenge all > free space (albeit, in manageable chunks at a time), then > clean them using several different method. > I am unable to recall that util's name :( > > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
