On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 18:49 -0500, Damian Menscher wrote: > Not sure why there's so much discussion here.... > > BTW, you will be amused to hear I wiped a drive for someone a few years > ago via the (wipe|shred) /dev/hda method. 25 passes of patterns and > random data. No way any government could get that data back. Doubtful > that aliens could get it either. And the person still keeps the drive > in a secure location. Yes, some people are paranoid. Jeez, seems a sledge hammer would make more sense... -- Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT 512-241-0774 (office) 512-924-8592 (cell)