Interesting... I didn't know IDE did hot swap. On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Chris McQuistion <[email protected]>wrote:
> I'll chime in with another vote for DBAN. The only thing I have to add is > that DBAN (stable) supports most, but not all controllers. I have a second > CD with DBAN beta that seems to support other (AHCI) controllers. Between > the two of those CD's, I don't have any problem wiping drives. I actually > have a really old server that just sits in the rack doing drive wipes (with > DBAN) and drive testing (with SpinRite) of old drives (thanks to a couple > hot-swap bays for SATA and IDE drives.) It takes so long to wipe and to > test that I just make a habit of going in there once a day and swapping out > the just wiped or tested drive with the next one in my stack. > Chris > > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Jim Peterson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> My kids (the 12-yr-old boy & 8-yr old girl) like to try and take turns >> with the sledgehammer. Of course, I usually end up doing the deed, but like >> Jack's idea, it is very satisfying and actually provides a great workout >> too! I also sight in my deer rifle with them, and use them for target >> practice when I'm shooting my .45. Fun! >> >> Jim >> >> >> >> On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 08:28 -0500, Jack Coats wrote: >> >> I agree with Sky. There used to be 'low level format' available on cheap >> IDE controllers that worked pretty well. >> >> The best I remember seeing that kept the drive useable was an old >> dos/windows program that did a 'distructive disk test' >> that I used several times on different disks that were otherwise >> un-recoverable anyway. I wish I could remember its name. >> >> You could build a small sh script to use dd to write some pattern till it >> filled up a drive using different patterns on various passes, >> but that is kind of a pain. If you are discarding a UNIX derivative, just >> do a fresh install with a different type of file system. >> >> A good way to physically demolish one is to take it to your local >> neighborhood blacksmith (I had one across the street when >> I lived in Houston) and go with him to his forge. Melt the drive to a >> nice pool of silicon and aluminum sludge. It is very satisfying. >> It is really hard to recover data after that. >> >> Pouring the sludge into a nice paper weight, door stop, etc is also fun. >> >> ... Actually a good coal fired BBQ of old disk drives behind the HC one >> weekend could be a nice community support project! :) ... Then cast them >> into trophies for 'worst security' to be handed out to folks at the next >> Phreaknic >> >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
