Re: Clear HDD of old OS, etc?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Groen, N. (fd&s)" <n.groen@pinkroccade.com>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:36 AM
Subject: RE: Clear HDD of old OS, etc?
>
> On Friday 31 May 2002 19:28, Dave Price wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am looking for a quick way to clear an HDD of old data, partitions,
> > > etc.
> > >
> > > I found this on /. thru a google search:
> > >
> > > dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hdX
> >
> > I wouldn't use /dev/random for that. It blocks when it runs out of
> > entropy which is very soon in that case. It could take some days to get
> > enough data from there. If you insist on pseudo-random data, try
> > /dev/urandom. It might not guarantee as much randomness but at least it
> > doesn't block.
> > BTW: yes|dd of=/dev/hdX
> >
> Hmm, why not ' if=/dev/zero' ?
> That device is made especially for such occasions.
>
> Nok
>
>
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