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. On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Stephen Partington 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 > -- Stephen Melheim 602-400-7707 SMelheim85@gmail.com