Am 15. Dez, 2014 schwätzte Bryan O'Neal so: moin moin, > Not a fan of dban for that reason. Nwipe using several passes of the rcmp > method is how I usually wipe a drive. The I format it a few times with I forgot about nwipe. > random file systems and a few partitions and finally drop a fresh OS on it > before donating. If recycling I typically do one pass with nwipe and take > the drive apart. I also forgot about the suggestion to put a new OS on it at some point in the middle, then wipe some more and finally put a fresh OS on it before donating. ciao, der.hans > On Dec 15, 2014 9:54 PM, "der.hans" wrote: >> >> Am 14. Dez, 2014 schwätzte Stephen M so: >> >> moin moin, >> >> >>> There is a problem using dban. When I started it up it never gave me >>> options on what to scan. Now my two SATA drives along with my USB drive >>> are not working. I need help to understand what is going on please. >> >> >> dban wipes every drive it can find. >> >> The website says, "It automatically deletes the contents of any hard disk >> that it can detect." >> >> http://www.dban.org/ >> >> Sounds like something to avoid unless you need to set up a disassembly >> line and just rip through whatever gets connected. >> >> ciao, >> >> der.hans >> >> >>> On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Stephen Partington < > cryptworks@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Todd thanks. I am filing this away for my own use later. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Todd Millecam > wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Oh, if it's SSD drives, don't do it this way, this is solely for >>>>> plattered drives. If you are using an SSD, then you just need to > issue a >>>>> secure command to the drive and tell it to wipe itself--which you can > do >>>>> through hdparm: >>>>> >>>>> $~ hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass PasSWorD /dev/sda #sets > up security on the drive >>>>> >>>>> $~ hdparm --user-master u --security-erase PasSWorD /dev/sda # the > point of no return delete everything on your SSD drive command >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Todd Millecam > wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> There's a lot of ways to do it, but they all do the same thing. >>>>>> In bash: >>>>>> $~ shred -zn10 /dev/sda >>>>>> >>>>>> That'll securely erase everything on block device /dev/sda--give it a >>>>>> while to run as it's writing random numbers across the entire drive > and >>>>>> then finishing by writing nothing but 0s on it. This makes all data > on the >>>>>> device non-recoverable. >>>>>> >>>>>> You need to overwrite the data anywhere from 4 - 15 times before it's >>>>>> clean and nothing can be recovered from it. >>>>>> >>>>>> That's essentially all dban/wipe is doing. If you want to get even > more >>>>>> primitive, then you can use dd (garunteed to be on all *nix systems) >>>>>> $~ dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/sda && dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda >>>>>> >>>>>> That's the same as doing one pass, but if shred is there (and it > usually >>>>>> is) then it'll do all 10 passes for you. I guess you could just > throw that >>>>>> dd command in a simple loop: >>>>>> $~ for i in `seq 10` ; do dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/sda && dd >>>>>> if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda ; done >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Dban or wipe will do all this for you, but you can do it yourself. >>>>>> (Note, don't do it on the currently-running OS drive, because it'll >>>>>> eventually erase glibc.so being used to do the overwrite. If you > want to >>>>>> do it on multiple drives, just plug them all into the same computer, > and >>>>>> run shred on all of them from a live-cd of your chosing) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Stephen M >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> HI, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have a couple drives that I want to wipe and give them to the Loco >>>>>>> group. I have never done a wipe on my own computer. I want to see > whats >>>>>>> the best method. I know there is dban, wipe, and many other > solutions. I >>>>>>> will be using a SATA to USB adapter so I don't have to open my > computers >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What I need to know is there a way to use that device and still work > on >>>>>>> my computer. Or do I have to let my computer run dban or whatever > to wipe >>>>>>> the drive. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks all. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Stephen Melheim >>>>>>> 602-400-7707 >>>>>>> SMelheim85@gmail.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Todd Millecam >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Todd Millecam >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>>> >>>> Stephen >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ >> # Keine Ahnung, was ich dir sagen soll, >> # keine Ahnung und keinen (.)plan. -- die Toten Hosen >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ # "Life is pain, Highness! 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