shred is on most systems (it's part of coreutils), and it works well:
shred /dev/hda0
Richard Esplin
On Wednesday 22 October 2008 23:58:15 "Dr. Scott S. Jones"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> +++ Jonathan Duncan [22/10/08 23:34 -0600]:
> > >Please, if you have anything that you've considered getting rid of
> > >it or selling it - now's the perfect time! =)
> >
> > I have an old machine that I built a while back that has an ATX power
> > supply and other stuff in it. The CPU is AMD but not 64. I have not
> > used the machine for much of anything for the past year or so. I
> > guess I might as well get rid of it. I just need to wipe the drives.
> > If you are interested, let me know.
>
> What does one use to wipe a drive, what application? I have a few that I
> need to clean up...and overwrite, to protect patient data.
>
> Scott
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