[GTALUG] Ten grand for this?

[David Collier-Brown]

for i in 0 FFFF rand(0) rand(42) FFFF 0; do
     for (j-0; v < max, j++) do
         write sector $j with $i
     done
done

--dave
on Solaris, boot stand_diag; secure_erase; boot

On 17/12/15 05:20 PM, William Porquet wrote:
>
> Also, it the drives won't mount they'll need to have the platters 
> destroyed, no?
>
> Still pricey.
>
> On Dec 17, 2015 5:18 PM, "David Thornton" <northdot9 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:northdot9 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Wipe or destroy? Dban is better than rm.
>
>
>     On Thu, Dec 17, 2015, 5:07 PM  <phiscock at ee.ryerson.ca
>     <mailto:phiscock at ee.ryerson.ca>> wrote:
>
>         From Metro News today:
>
>         Two top McGuinty aides charged in gas plants computer probe
>
>         ....
>         Faist was paid $10,000 for wiping the drives out of the
>         taxpayer-funded
>         Liberal caucus budget, police allege. The party subsequently
>         repaid the
>         sum to the public treasury.
>         ....
>
>         Ten grand to erase some hard drives?
>
>         Boot a Linux CD or USBKey.
>         Change to the root directory.
>         rm -rf *.
>
>         Done.
>
>         Or maybe it was $50.00 to erase the drives and $9950.00 for
>         'discretion'.
>
>         --
>         Peter Hiscocks
>         Syscomp Electronic Design Limited, Toronto
>         http://www.syscompdesign.com
>         USB Oscilloscope and Waveform Generator
>         647-839-0325 <tel:647-839-0325>
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