To address your question regarding getting label information, try the 'lsblk' command. I found that to be very useful for some things that I have done. On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Anthony Radzykewycz < anthony.radzykewycz@gatewaycc.edu> wrote: > Hiren's BootCD has a killdisk on it, if you're concerned with data > leakage. Otherwise, something interesting that you could do is a dd wipe. > Something along the lines of dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd*x *bs=4k, or if > you want random data written to it: dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sd*x* bs=4k. > Of course, you'd have to boot into a Linux instance to do this first > (whether it be a live disc or an already installed machine). > > On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Steve B wrote: > >> ATA Secure Erase >> >> On Oct 8, 2016 9:28 AM, "Michael" wrote: >> >>> I got a drive I do not need anything that is on it. When I try to erase >>> the contents of with 'rm -rf *' I get permission denied. The easy way is to >>> format it but I can't remember the command to figure out what device it is >>> labled as. >>> Could someone help? >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> > >