Scrub and shred commands are useful when you are installing Linux/Unix operating systems , when the previous tech/person has used windows or other copyright softwares on that drive.
We don't know what are the pirated software, whether he/she has installed on the disk. It would be better to wipe out all data , so that the third party recovery (Micro-Soft inspections, etc )makes them very difficult.
wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/s/scrub/scrub_2.2-2_amd64.deb
dpkg -i scrub_2.2-2_amd64.deb
Command:
scrub -p dod -f /dev/
root@Ajeesh-desktop:~# scrub -p dod -f /dev/sdb1
scrub: using DoD 5220.22-M patterns
scrub: please verify that device size below is correct!
scrub: scrubbing /dev/sdb1 75391565824 bytes (~70GB)
scrub: random |................................................|
scrub: 0x00 |................................................|
scrub: 0xff |................................................|
scrub: verify |................................................|
root@Ajeesh-desktop:~#
We don't know what are the pirated software, whether he/she has installed on the disk. It would be better to wipe out all data , so that the third party recovery (Micro-Soft inspections, etc )makes them very difficult.
wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/s/scrub/scrub_2.2-2_amd64.deb
dpkg -i scrub_2.2-2_amd64.deb
Command:
scrub -p dod -f /dev/
root@Ajeesh-desktop:~# scrub -p dod -f /dev/sdb1
scrub: using DoD 5220.22-M patterns
scrub: please verify that device size below is correct!
scrub: scrubbing /dev/sdb1 75391565824 bytes (~70GB)
scrub: random |................................................|
scrub: 0x00 |................................................|
scrub: 0xff |................................................|
scrub: verify |................................................|
root@Ajeesh-desktop:~#
