On 12/16/05, Jared Anderson <PluggedIn@thegoldenedge.com> wrote:
>
> I know this topic has come up before, but I am too lazy to look into the
> the archives ;)
>
> I'm aware of:
> shred -vz -n 6 /dev/hdx
>
> Also dd:
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdx bs=4 count=?
>
> I've seen some bootup floppy stuff, and I know most live distros have
> the above mentioned tools; however, are these the most efficient
> (meaning fastest) methods to cleanse a disk to dod standards?  I need
> one opensource solution that works for x86 and PPC archs.
>
> TIA
>
> Jared
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DBAN is what I would recommend.

http://dban.sf.net