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 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. 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