<div><img width="1" height="1" src='https://ghfghjj.r.af.d.sendibt2.com/tr/op/ou_wIES-e4qzT3ljmWneQ1mVC9JDUoQdXIwt-8WV6xADV35CO3vfSwh4S5ZMMglUeO6nKTsXEKfYeAnFnM4LQGjGjhdKB0juAsEW8NbdCgqdWUFIrWe9ElKmFSEczLcIsc525QALSABSaMCnC7aoYtc-95pWnt5ncZEYRtjvpNj0KOzaVz930x3C_v5N2vQR-CCIsJLv31ypGhdXeCLUTSbU' /></div>I think wiping the drive that you booted from will lead to an odd <br/>experience at best. Suggest the flash drive method.<br/><br/>Although my most satisfying drive destructions have been with a sledge <br/>hammer.<br/><br/>Rod<br/><br/>On 2/4/24 06:36, Bob Scofield wrote:<br/>> Hi,<br/>><br/>> I want to recycle an old desktop. I'm planning to wipe the hard drive <br/>> with this command:<br/>><br/>> dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda bs=1M<br/>><br/>> Can I just run this from the command line? Or do I have to use a flash <br/>> drive with Linux on it and run it from the command line of the Linux <br/>> on the flash drive?<br/>><br/>> Thanks.<br/>><br/>> Bob<br/>> _______________________________________________<br/>> vox-tech mailing list<br/>> vox-tech@lists.lugod.org<br/>> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech<br/><br/><br/>