Posted by: Kyle Maxwell
on September 29, 2005 10:36 PM
No, sorry, wiping the partition table does nothing for you. I've recovered many a system by reconstructing the partition table (not a particularly difficult process) and reading the filesystems. I love it when someone thinks that destroying the partition table is sufficient -- and then I just go ahead and proceed with the investigation.
dd might do what you're looking for, but this is a solution that scales and that I can hand to mid-level staff without worrying about syntax errors and the like. It also means that when management asks, I can specify what standard was used to wipe the systems. The other tools might be "good enough" technically, but there's more to it than that.
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Posted by: Kyle Maxwell on September 29, 2005 10:36 PMdd might do what you're looking for, but this is a solution that scales and that I can hand to mid-level staff without worrying about syntax errors and the like. It also means that when management asks, I can specify what standard was used to wipe the systems. The other tools might be "good enough" technically, but there's more to it than that.
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