Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:46:50 -0600 From: "Andrew Falanga" <af300wsm@gmail.com> To: "Norberto Meijome" <freebsd@meijome.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wipe a drive clean Message-ID: <340a29540806242046x59b5e714x859310117f04a4a0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080624120310.607ab41c@ayiin> References: <340a29540806231257x670cf398qc5bf11c396fd0afb@mail.gmail.com> <20080623202259.GB97202@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <340a29540806231336g4be401a6h5f5a1b2b6dca110e@mail.gmail.com> <20080624120310.607ab41c@ayiin>
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On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> wrote: > On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:36:35 -0600 > "Andrew Falanga" <af300wsm@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> I'd rather not install a port, if I can avoid it. I >> > >> > Have a look at security/wipe. >> >> Before reading this, yes I did. In fact, I even installed it. >> However, the first operation appears to be a renaming of the file in >> question. I was doing: >> >> wipe -z /dev/da2 >> >> which was being kicked out with "Operation not permitted." It seemed >> to want to move/rename the file first. I didn't do enough digging to >> get around this before reading this e-mail. > > > do you have access rights to write to that device? > > is the device mounted ? (it shouldn't) > No. I unmounted before trying. Andy -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is it such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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