[ale] Drive Erasure

[Jeff Hubbs]

I'm not down with this or any number of other similar downloadable
utilities for DOS or Windows because this is an operation where the
utilities' makers' say-so that the utility does what they say just isn't
enough.  I'd rather execute the steps manually such that I can verify
the result of each step along the way.  

Jeff

On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 08:58 -0400, Keith R. Watson wrote:
> At 13:22 7/1/2005, you wrote:
> >I've got a drive that has to go back to the manufacturer.  It's not dead yet,
> >though it's dying.  What's the best way to erase it?
> >
> >dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdx
> >
> >is what comes to my mind?  Is there a better way?
> 
> 
> Darik's Boot and Nuke
> 
> Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy that 
> securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically 
> and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, 
> which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.
> 
> http://dban.sourceforge.net/
> 
> 
> And best of all it's based on Linux.
> 
> keith
>