From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from hauptpostamt.charite.de (hauptpostamt.charite.de [193.175.66.220]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77D07482B for ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 11:16:45 -0600 (MDT) Received: from postamt1.charite.de (postamt1.charite.de [193.175.66.246]) by hauptpostamt.charite.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id B57D315C00D for ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 19:16:43 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 19:16:43 +0200 From: Ralf Hildebrandt To: parisc list Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] i dont know jack Message-ID: <20020725171643.GA8177@charite.de> References: <3D40275B.55D3B7C7@ruhr-west.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <3D40275B.55D3B7C7@ruhr-west.de> Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Am 25.07.2002 um 18:29:15 +0200 schrieb Juergen Braukmann folgendes: > Hi Rick, there probably is. Boot into some nini root environment and > type: > > dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/sda [assuming THE drive is sda] bs=1M Increase the blocksize heftily. > this will overwrite the intire disk with zero bytes (or was /dev/zero > the proper device for that??). Atlernetivly, /dev/random might be a good > source of rubbish data. ;-) /dev/zero is better. Don't try /dev/random, it's too slow -- Ralf Hildebrandt (Im Auftrag des Referat V A) Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de Charite Campus Virchow-Klinikum Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 Referat V A - Kommunikationsnetze - Fax. +49 (0)30-450 570-916 Why you can't find your system administrators: S/He is playing DOOM, to release pent-up tension created by lusers.