[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Lab

[Gilbert Morrow]

Can't you just "shred" the drive ?
SHRED<http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl1_shred.htm>

On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 7:00 AM, terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 6:58 AM, terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Mike Owens <mikeowens at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Kenneth Loafman <kenneth at loafman.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Let me know if any of this could be useful.  Are you doing this as a
> >> > charity?  Tax writeoff maybe?
> >>
> >> Yes, this is all volunteer work. I am not selling anything. The router
> >> and KVM would certainly be handy. How old are the laptops? The basic
> >> criteria for laptops/PCs is that they need to be able to run a vanilla
> >> Ubuntu install. If they can manage that, then they're good. It
> >> apparently doesn't take all that much. I set up a lady's laptop last
> >> week which was an older model with 512Mb RAM and it seemed to work
> >> just fine, even with Compiz. I would just install these and offer them
> >> to whoever in the class needs them.
> >>
> >> A good way to wipe the drives and test Ubuntu capability would be to
> >> just drop in an Intrepid CD. If it makes it to the desktop, you're
> >> good. Then just open a console and use do:
> >>
> >> dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda (or /dev/hda depending on your drive)
> >
> >
> >>
> >> before you go to bed. By morning, your data should be toast. I'm sure
> >> there is probably a better way, but that's what I've done before.
> >>
> >> Thanks for your support.
> >>
> >> -- Mike
> >>
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> >
> > I understand that
> >
> > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdX
> >
> > seven times is the industry standard.
> >
> > e.g.
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdX ;dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdX ;dd
> if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdX ;dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdX ;dd if=/dev/zero
> of=/dev/hdX
>  ;dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdX ;dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdX ;dd
> if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdX
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