From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 23 20:26:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AEED1065673 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:26:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from mail.potentialtech.com (internet.potentialtech.com [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57B3F8FC18 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:26:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from vanquish.ws.pitbpa0.priv.collaborativefusion.com (pr40.pitbpa0.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 73112EBC08; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:26:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:25:44 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: Roland Smith Message-Id: <20080623162544.023799e3.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20080623202259.GB97202@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <340a29540806231257x670cf398qc5bf11c396fd0afb@mail.gmail.com> <20080623202259.GB97202@slackbox.xs4all.nl> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.8 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions , Andrew Falanga Subject: Re: Wipe a drive clean X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:26:31 -0000 In response to Roland Smith : > Note that wiping flash drives way will > shorten the lifespan of the device. This statement is largely obsolete. Modern flash has rewrite cycles that often exceed traditional platter-based disks. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com