Bret Taylor wrote: > Phil Dobbin <bukowskiscat at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>I have a CentOS server (a Dell 860) with two drives in it. >>One is running CentOS 6.4 which I want to keep & the bigger 400GB drive >>has Debian 7 on it which I want to erase & use for backups. >>Which is the best way to go about achieving my intended goal? The >>Debian drive is not mounted when Centos is booted. >> >>Any help appreciated. > Burn a DBAN disk. Shutdown, pull out the drive you want to keep. Boot to > the dban disk, when prompted type autonuke, wait for the process to > complete. Shutdown, reinsert the centos drive you wanted to keep. You will > now have your centos main drive, and a blank backup disk. You'll need to > run mkfs on the blank drive. Then mount it where you want it. > Then put the dban disk on the shelf over your desk - you *will* want it again (and again, and again....) Most *excellent* piece of software. Of course, working for a US federal contractor, when I sanitize, I overkill (DoD 5220.22-M)... but I *am* signing my name to the form guaranteeing it's clean. We, at least, are not going to have accidents with PII and HIPAA data. mark