Wiping Out Data

[Matthew Flaschen]

Amichai Rotman wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I have a bunch of Hard disks I would like to donate. I would like to
> completely wipe out the date from the Hard disks so I can calmly donate the
> disks without worrying other people will be able to read my data.
> 
> I am looking for an app to completely wipe out the data (kinda walking 1s
> and 0s)....
> 
> Any such app any of you can recommend?

Run GNU shred from the livecd.  I'm almost positive the command is
installed by default.

shred /dev/sda#

Replace /dev/sda# with your device name (e.g. /dev/sda1).  You can
figure them out easily by running (while still in the OS):

mount

Matthew Flaschen