On 14/09/11 02:10, yudi v wrote: > I will be wiping partitions on my hard drive before sending it back to > the manufacturer for replacement. > > I usually prefer dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdX# for the unencrypted > partitions and just over write the first few sectors on the LUKS > partition to destroy the header file. > > I just want to hear some opinions as to what precautions you take before > parting with hard drives. I would be very interested to hear from SSD > owners.
I think you want scrub. It provides somewhat more felxibility than dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdXn. There's a Debian pacakge for it. Kind regards, Aidan Gauland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
