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I have a FreeBSD 9.3 remote server that needs to be purged.  I know that =
rm -rf / will remove all the directory entries, but I need to write over =
the drive.  I thought that dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/dev/ada0 might do the =
trick, but it gives an not permitted error.  The whole thing can crash =
and burn at the end.  This is an unmanned site so moving drives is not =
viable.=