On Wednesday 16 December 2009 23:24:51 Marcus Wanner wrote: > On 12/16/2009 2:24 PM, Mick wrote: > > On Wednesday 16 December 2009 18:49:07 Grant wrote: > >> I'm about to sell my old laptop and I'd like to wipe out the data and > >> install any flavor of Linux via USB (the CD drive doesn't work any > >> more). I've got a bootable USB key that will get me into Gentoo. How > >> would you take it from there? I'm looking for something quick and > >> easy. My data isn't too sensitive, but I'd like to do some type of > >> wiping so it isn't all just sitting there with a deleted flag or > >> however that works. > > > > First I'd mount the partitions and then emerge/use shred: > > > > # shred -v -n 25 -z -u /mnt/a_partition > > > > Then I would delete old partitions, create new partitions and format them > > as required. If you're really paranoid about your data (which from what > > you're telling me you're not) you can also use dd to randomly overwrite > > partition tables, but I would probably not bother. > > > > Now, there may be more modern tools to do all this with a single button, > > but I haven't looked into it in any detail. > > > > HTH. > > What's wrong with "dd if=/dev/zero of/dev/sdxx"?
Nothing, I also mentioned dd. Both are equally effective (or less so on journaled fs). shred has the -n option for multiple overwrites. -- Regards, Mick
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