[clue-talk] Intel and eBay recycle computer program

[Timothy Klein]

On Jan 8, 2005, at 11:54 AM, Angelo Bertolli wrote:
>> I was just wondering about such software to wipe a drive - I was 
>> going to
>> ask here if anyone knew of a Linux bootable floppy/CD that'd wipe a 
>> drive
>> for example. I imagine Tom's root boot could do it? Thanks for the 
>> link.
>>
>>
>
> Would Knoppix be good enough with dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/hda ?

Knoppix will do fine if it includes the shred utility.  A quick google 
didn't answer that, and I'm too lazy to find out for sure, but I bet it 
does.

I would prefer shred to the above, as it is designed for the task, and 
has provisions for blanking an entire drive securely.

Tim
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