[TriLUG] disk-wiping tool?
Roy Vestal
rvestal at trilug.org
Sat Nov 15 14:16:57 EST 2003
I use BCWipe at work. You can get it on a Win9x bootable diskette as well.
bcwiped.exe is the executable.
FWIW, bcwipe is DoD approved.
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Joseph Tate wrote:
> I've got an iso of Tom's Root Boot that I've burned bcwipe on, but you
> have to mount the cdrom drive after it's booted up. Bcwipe can be run
> from a floppy as well (so boot using knoppix or tom's and then run it).
>
> Bcwipe can be had by googling.
>
> Christopher L Merrill wrote:
>
> > I need to wipe some hard drives on various old machines before
> > they are disposed of. Is there a Linux distribution-on-a-floppy
> > that can do this? I'm thinking of something similar to "parted",
> > which is available as an ISO image of a floppy, so I can use it
> > on any system, regardless of the original OS.
> >
> > TIA,
> > Chris
> >
> > I would have googled...but I wasn't sure what terms to search for :(
> >
>
>
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Roy Vestal
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http://www.trilug.org/~rvestal
I'm not a geek, I just play one on tv.
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