[ale] low level format remote box

[lyric hartley]

ah, thanks, I will try DBAN...i do not have ssh access to the box...

On 9/30/05, Alan Dobkin <ALE at maestroit.com> wrote:
> On 9/30/2005 1:34 PM, lyric hartley wrote:
> > I need to completely clean the drive on a remote box...and it needs to
> > happen with just a file that gets uploaded...handsoff...I imainge I
> > could use one of the tiny distros to boot into and run a
> > script...thought I would see if anyone has any ideas or suggestions
>
> If you have no physical access, but you can SSH into the system and
> unmount the filesystem, then you should be able to use fdisk and/or mkfs
> on the partition.  If you want something more secure, you can try
> running DBAN remotely.  It can be run on just one partition:
>
> Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy that
> securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically
> and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect,
> which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data
> destruction.
>
> http://DBAN.SourceForge.net/
>
> Alan
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