On 8 May 2001, Dr. Evil wrote:
>
> This may not be quite the right forum to ask, but I'm not sure where
> else to ask...
>
> Are there some disk wiping programs for Linux, which overwrite all
> data on a disk a few times, so it can't be recovered? Ideally, this
> should be an option on the mkfs command, like mkfs -w /dev/hda1. mkfs
> has a -c option, but that doesn't do it, I think.
Check on http://www.freshmeat.net/ for a program called "Wipe". (Actually
there are a couple by that name. Look at the source and docs for actual
function.) Should do what you want.
I use similar programs when I sell off an old disk drive. Keeps things
like password files and the like out of the hands of the nosey.
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