The problem right now is the USB with my different is won't mount. And when I tried a live cd. It didn't boot. On Dec 14, 2014 11:51 AM, "Todd Millecam" wrote: > dban probably just found all drives and wiped them all would be my guess. > To make them usable again, you'll probably need to format them. Try > booting up with the gparted live cd and see what you can see. > > On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Stephen M wrote: >> >> 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 < >> 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 >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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 > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >