On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Clint Pachl <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Would dd'ing to the drive all 1s then all 0s be effective?
>

Yes, and a complete waste of time. 'atactl drive secerase'  will do the job
for you.
hdparm in linux has a similar command. But dd-ing twice is just idiotic. If
you must use dd, one time is enough.


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chs,

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