Bill Kendrick wrote: > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 04:07:42PM -0700, Bill Broadley wrote: >> Looks like it would be faster to write all zeros then all ones. > > "all zeros, then all ones"? Or "faster to write all zeros _than_ all ones"?
Heh, it's faster to overwrite it twice then it is to overwrite it once with random numbers. > <snip> >> 0 then 1, of if you prefer any byte then it's compliment. > > Forget I asked. :) Something like 01010101 on the first pass and 10101010 on the second. Not that it's a big difference. It's just a paranoid detail. Overwriting with anything once should do it. Except for the badblocks. Secure deletion or destruction is the only way to get those. > > -bill! > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
