[vox-tech] Wiping Hard Drive

[Bill Kendrick]

On Sat, Feb 03, 2024 at 11:36:44AM -0800, Bob Scofield wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to recycle an old desktop. I'm planning to wipe the hard
> drive with this command:
> 
> dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda bs=1M
> 
> Can I just run this from the command line? Or do I have to use a
> flash drive with Linux on it and run it from the command line of the
> Linux on the flash drive?

I recall using DBAN (I thought it was Dan, but I guess it's Darik),
"Darik's Boot and Nuke", a live disc that you boot and it will
wipe the drive(s) of a device.  I haven't used it in ... a decade?
<stares at old, unused laptop that needs wiping on the floor next to me>

  https://dban.org/

-bill!