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while [ $MIN -ne $MAX ]
do
   echo "Pass: "${MIN}
   dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/drive
   MIN=`expr $MIN + 1`
done

On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 13:28, BruceG wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 May 2004 12:41, Matthew Brown wrote:
> > I am returning two Dell servers thta have served me well.  It's
> > End-of-Lease time.
> >
> > Anyone know the best quick way to nuke a drive to make all its contents
> > unrecoverable?
> 
> You could zero it out using dd. I zero'd a floppy as follows:
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0 2>/home/bgriffis/zerofloppy
> 
> (you don't need the 2>/home/bgriffis/zerofloppy = that just tells you how many 
> records in/out). You could probably retrieve the data with a good bit of 
> effort, but that should do the trick for most instances.
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