I probably shouldn't have called it "hot-swap". It is just a removable drive bay and I always shut down to swap the drives around, although I think there are some commands to do it, hot, I just don't really trust them. Chris
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Andrew Farnsworth <farn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting... I didn't know IDE did hot swap. > > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Chris McQuistion <cmcquist...@watkins.edu > > 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 <jim.sokytec...@gmail.com>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 nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
