[wellylug] Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") HDD eraser

[Rob van der Linde]

I think it's /dev/zero actually, not /dev/null.

On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 19:53 +1200, Rob van der Linde wrote:
> You should be able to do it using "GParted" on the Ubuntu live cd.
> 
> Open the "System->Administration" menu, click on "Gparted".
> 
> Make sure the correct hard drive is selected (should be default if you
> only have one hard drive).  Click "Device->Create partition table" and
> create an "msdos" partition (this should be the default anyway).
> 
> However, if you want to do a complete wipe of the drive, last time I had
> to use something like:
> 
> sudo dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/sda
> 
> This will completely overwrite the drive with zeros and will take  a
> long time.  Make sure you have the correct hard drive, but if you only
> have one drive, /dev/sda should be correct.
> 
> There's probably an easier way to just overwrite the boot sector, but
> this method should definitely work.
> 
> On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 19:32 +1200, marchetti wrote:
> > I want to erase the entire contents, including the Fedora
> > OS, of a laptop's HDD. And thren start afresh.
> > 
> > I have tried the above Darik freebie, but it did not work,
> > returning to the boot cue. It may be intended for Windows
> > OS' only.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Ken Martin
> > 
> > 
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