[rescue] Wiping filesystems

Larry Snyder larrys at lexis-nexis.com
Sun Nov 24 10:00:29 CST 2002


Hi Gavin --
See the man page for format, and check out the purge subcommand.  Very
effective.
-ls-


<ghub005 at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> Hi Lads
> 
> I've got an opportunity to rescue some nice Sun equipment from one of
> my clients. However I need to demonstrate that the filesystems have
> been completely destroyed before the disks are allowed to leave the
> site.
> 
> Are there any linux disk images out there for this purpose? Since I
> need to trash the entire filesystem I need bootable CD with secure
> delete software on it e.g. wipe. Alternatively, is there a suitable
> utility that I can use on the Solaris install disks?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Gavin
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