19 Apr
2005
19 Apr
'05
9:10 a.m.
>>>> "David" == David Woyciesjes
<woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net> writes:
David> ... Which brings up another thought. how would one go
David> about making sure that data is securely wiped from a drive of
David> a classic machine, without physically destroying it? So it
David> could be donated & reused?
Repeat for each disk:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/<harddrive> bs=64k
or equivalent on whatever OS runs on the machine. Beware of the DOS
"format" utility, which typically doesn't do a sufficient job. My
inclination is to boot some suitable Unix and use that.
See also http://staff.washington.edu/jdlarios/autoclave/
paul