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Syntax check by confused.brit 2011-08-29 07:45:02
To randomise a disk someone donated to me for an external caddy upgrade, using DD (just for the owners piece of mind)

dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdb

right?
[ Reply ]
  yep (n/t) by imrambi2011-08-29 07:47:52
  That looks about right by PeKaJe2011-08-29 08:05:05
    The former owner is paranoid. by confused.brit2011-08-29 08:28:22
      That depends on the disk and what was on it. by jpprater2011-08-29 09:34:01
        personal laptop and i think accounts of his small by confused.brit2011-08-29 09:44:43
        After the electromagnet, generally not. by wwill2011-08-29 11:06:08
        dban or any DOD rated wiper works well. (n/t) by Classic_Jon2011-08-29 14:30:51
      GNU Shred by dwarf_sfu2011-08-29 11:11:45

 

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