[ale] little math

[Jim Popovitch]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 08:26, Boris Borisov <bugy at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>  Why you just not create small file ( 2 MB ) with random data and dd it to the disk. dd
> ~/random.file > /dev/hda.. Never tried but won't call CPU to calculate every random
> number. Must be random enough.

Yeah, what he said.  Plus, open 4 or 5 terminals and run simultaneous
dd instances, with each reading the same ~/random.file and writing to
new unique file names.   You could wipe a 1TB drive in abt 2 hours
that way if you throw some for-loops or while statements in there.

-Jim P.