hdparm has a secure erase option on it that tells the disk to erase the disk via a sata command.
I am going to bet it will erase it faster and more completely than using dd. On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 8:30 AM George N. White III <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 8:36 AM Mauricio Tavares <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 4:01 AM Todd Chester via users >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > I met with the customer today. She bought a Mac Books instead >> > of repairing or replacing her iMac. She plans just to run >> > the iMac until bricks. >> > >> Fun fact: a lot of the old iMac make rather decent Linux boxes. > > > Yes -- good prices and good screens. I use Fedora on an iMac with a hybrid > drive (SSD+rotating) where SSD has failed. I have also used iMacs with > external > firewire drives after the internal drive failed. > > There are also kits that convert an iMac to a monitor. > >> >> >> > Soldered to the motherboard? Does Micky Mouse know about this? >> >> If she bought a new Macbook, both memory and Hd are soldered >> into board. Disposable appliance it is > > > Apple systems mostly have good reliability, so if you are a business it is > cost effective to use them until they break or don't meet requirements > and then buy new ones. > > -- > George N. White III > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
