i'm not sure if i know how to do that.....thanks anyway larry! On May 15, 2004, at 6:28 PM, Larry Price wrote:
use df or fdisk to figure out the size of the partition
then use
dd if=/dev/zero of=${DEVICE_NAME} bs=1024 count=${SIZE_OF_DEVICE}
where
DEVICE_NAME = the name of the partition (varies)
SIZE_OF_DEVICE = in 1k blocks
If you want to be truly paranoid you do this several times over alternately substituting /dev/urandom and /dev/zero
Don;t do this to any partition that represents the entire disk
hi you guys! i am trying to completely "swipe" the hard disk clean on
my desktop pc, the one that neal and joseph helped me partition with
linux and windows in january. i managed to wipe the windows side clean
by formatting but haven't erased the knoppix side or taken the
partition out. somebody at last week's meeting gave me the commands to
completely zero the drive but I LOST THE PAPER IT WAS ON! sorry for
being a dweeb. can anyone give me the command line to zero the disk so
i can sell the thing and get on with linux on my new apple????? THANKS!
Ken Silverman
541 343 0912
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://members.efn.org/~hapilife/
_______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
-- zoneverte.org Consulting - unix/mail/Mailman _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
Ken Silverman 541 343 0912 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.efn.org/~hapilife/
_______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
