Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:49:54 -0800 From: Matt Mullins <mokomull@gmail.com> To: Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201201.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: zpool detach pool device Message-ID: <CAPyT1SHkCTwmysdDwC3oTxC%2Bm4wMa3g6z7ifNK893BbXeNhBOw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <e73d7afb29621498d5aebe5fc7ae6666@msgid.frell.theremailer.net> References: <20120124150217.GA10327@icarus.home.lan> <e73d7afb29621498d5aebe5fc7ae6666@msgid.frell.theremailer.net>
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On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:13 PM, Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201201.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> wrote: > Just use dd and avoid the hassle of downloading and burning a cd that does > dd. dban is nice if you have to do a garage full of machines or are a > Windows victim but if you know your way around UNIX why bother with dban? On occasion, I have had the need to perform the "DoD Short Wipe" within DBAN; this is something a simple "dd if=/dev/zero" won't get you. Of course, you can use shred from coreutils to do that from the command line if you want. -- Matt Mullins
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