[TriLUG] Disk Wipers

[Robert Dale]

On 8/19/07, Craig Taylor <ctalkobt at gmail.com> wrote:
> Shred appears to be a file based mechanism for this ... I'm looking for a
> whole disk 'shredder' which from searching seem fewer and further between.
> (Does anyone know if shred /dev/hdaXX would work?)

In linux, devices are files.  shred will work fine on whole harddrives.

See the man page for more information -
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#shred-invocation

The nice thing about shred is that you probably already have it
installed since it's a part of gnu coreutils.

-- 
Robert Dale