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Nuke a disk, single pass
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nuke-disk.sh
# https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Securely_wipe_disk
❯ sudo shred --verbose --random-source=/dev/urandom -n1 --zero /dev/sdX
shred: /dev/sdb: pass 1/2 (random)...
shred: /dev/sdb: pass 1/2 (random)...134MiB/932GiB 0%
shred: /dev/sdb: pass 1/2 (random)...319MiB/932GiB 0%
shred: /dev/sdb: pass 1/2 (random)...503MiB/932GiB 0%
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Never never never gunna work (its 4 passes actually or just 2)

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torgeir commented Dec 3, 2022

What do you mean, it makes 4 or 2 passes none the less?

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