Edward Norton said the following on 12/16/05 20:49:
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> On 12/16/05, *Jared Anderson* <PluggedIn@thegoldenedge.com
> <mailto:PluggedIn@thegoldenedge.com>> wrote:
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> 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
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>From my understanding, DBAN is for x86 only?
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