>-----Original Message----- >From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf >Of Benjamin Donnachie >Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 3:11 PM >To: CentOS mailing list >Subject: Re: [CentOS] help fdisk and dd > >On 4 March 2010 14:01, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu at orgfarm.uu.se> wrote: >> 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-) > >The ATA Secure Erase command is generally faster but more difficult - >see http://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase The advantage with Dban is IMO it's simplicity, just boot it from CD, choose wiping method and let it rip. After a few hours it's done. In the ATA Secure Erase case, is two minutes the time it takes to erase a harddrive? I'm not that knowledgable erasing stuff this way. -- /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/20100304/47dd7e2a/attachment-0005.bin>