[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> I have a number of PC's that are going off lease and will be sent back
> to be turned into dog food.  Before they leave I want to wipe the hard
> drives.  Although there's nothing on them that requires a
> military-style wipe (e.g. destroy with a hammer), I would like to take
> a pass or two over the drive.

> My first thought was to boot up with Tom's boot/root disk and do:

> dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hda

Try "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda"

-- 
Rick Forrister                 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Definition:  Honest Politician:  Once bought, stays bought."
                                --Robert Heinlein




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