[TriLUG] disk-wiping tool?

[Roy Vestal]

I use BCWipe at work. You can get it on a Win9x bootable diskette as well. 
bcwiped.exe is the executable.

FWIW, bcwipe is DoD approved.

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Joseph Tate wrote:

> I've got an iso of Tom's Root Boot that I've burned bcwipe on, but you 
> have to mount the cdrom drive after it's booted up.  Bcwipe can be run 
> from a floppy as well (so boot using knoppix or tom's and then run it).
> 
> Bcwipe can be had by googling.
> 
> Christopher L Merrill wrote:
> 
> > I need to wipe some hard drives on various old machines before
> > they are disposed of.  Is there a Linux distribution-on-a-floppy
> > that can do this?  I'm thinking of something similar to "parted",
> > which is available as an ISO image of a floppy, so I can use it
> > on any system, regardless of the original OS.
> > 
> > TIA,
> > Chris
> > 
> > I would have googled...but I wasn't sure what terms to search for :(
> > 
> 
> 

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Roy Vestal
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I'm not a geek, I just play one on tv.
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