2009/9/2 Frank Murphy (Frankly3D) <frankly3d@xxxxxxxxx>: > On 02/09/09 21:32, Dean S. Messing wrote: >> >> I have a terebyte sata drive that I need to securely wipe clean. It >> originally had 2 partitions. I deleted them using `fdisk', rebooted, >> and then as root ran >> >> shred -vz /dev/sdd >> > > Angle-Grinder or Belt-Sander on the platters. > Works every time. Too slow and few opportunities for parallelisation. Now, a .50 cal - that's a "secure" erase, and it scales to 17 erase operations in parallel: http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/22/video-50-caliber-armor-piercing-round-vs-18-hard-drives/ -- Sam -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines