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Old 02-03-2015, 02:46 PM   #1
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Wipe a hard drive before destruction with Linux Mint13 maya


What would be the command line you would use to wipe an entire drive?

any suggestions with:

sudo wipe <device label>

example:
sudo wipe /dev/sda1, pass 0 (18)

is this fine or can you modify the amount of passes less than 18?

thanks so much.
 
Old 02-03-2015, 02:51 PM   #2
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http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...rive-803249/#2
→ @jlinkels, post #2.

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdx count=1025000 bs=1025000
... will run for some hours ( 1 TB.)

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Old 02-03-2015, 04:56 PM   #3
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You could try dban:

http://www.dban.org/

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Old 02-03-2015, 07:55 PM   #4
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Hammer renders the device unreadable.

I assume you mean you wish to boot to a live cd and then try to wipe the drive.


wipe command man pages online have many caveats that need to be looked at. I'd agree that dd is better but may not wipe drive fully depending on how smart the drive is.
 
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Old 02-03-2015, 09:02 PM   #5
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If the drive is going to be discarded, I second the hammer.

Data can be recovered--not all maybe, but some. Little bits and pieces of the platter cannot be reassembled.
 
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