hi ya
list of tools to wipe the disk
http://www.linux-sec.net/Txt/erase.txt
if all you are doing is wiping windoze and installing linux...
just let the linux installer do its magic... nothing special needed
( just make sure you know how to use "fdisk" to format and use the whole
disk
c ya
alvin
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Henderson, Pete wrote:
> I am looking for a utility that I could use to wipe hard drives using a boot
> disk. To completely overwrite the entire drive, I would need to boot to a
> different device. Correct? If I slave a hard drive and boot to the master,
> doesn't Windows still create a recycle bin on the slave? Would mounting it
> with Linux be a better solution? Which Linux program works best?
>
> I am only looking to delete company data, not classified....I know about the
> NISPOM specs.
>
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