wiping partitions

[Thomas Condon]

James McDonald wrote:
> Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1
>> repeat for each partition.
>>   
> Does this need to be run several times to make it securely deleted? I
> recall that there is something of a memory on even overwritten
> harddisks. I understand the DOD has a standard that says it needs
> several passes but from memory that is with Windows Utilities.

The Department of Defence for the US specifies grinding the media 
(platers) to powder if there was secret or above data on the disk 
regardless of OS.


In A Chord,

Tom Condon
Bass, Agate Passage
Bass & Proud Member, Kitsap Chordsmen
Dir. Music & Performance, Evergreen District