Re: [SOLVED] Overwrite existing partition with zeros without hurting partition table? (Debian Lenny)

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Subject: Re: [SOLVED] Overwrite existing partition with zeros without hurting partition table? (Debian Lenny)
From: thib <thib@stammed.net>
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:27:32 +0100
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Just to drop my two cents, since no one did before:
  Merely zeroing is not enough [1].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_remanence

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