>-----Original Message----- >From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf >Of Hakan Koseoglu >Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 2:54 PM >To: CentOS mailing list >Subject: Re: [CentOS] help fdisk and dd > >> What is the best practice to remove all data in the disk? >If you want to securely remove the data, I recommend using a tool like DBAN. >If you want to just wipe out the partition & boot sector for a clean >reinstallation, dd'ing the disk with zero for a couple of Mbytes is >more than enough. I second that. Dban is the niftiest thing since sliced bread. Very handy tool, if a bit slow. But I guess that comes with the territory. 8-) -- /Sorin -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 5110 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100304/8b62540e/attachment-0004.bin>