Re: Erase AIX Drives on J40

From: Klaus Oberle (Klaus.Oberle@LINDE-MH.DE)
Date: Wed Oct 01 2003 - 05:17:31 EDT


Dug out one of my favorite postings. (Sent by Sunil.Bhaskarla@ECLIPSYS.COM
in July 2000):

>Hmmm...

>Crack open the RS/6K shell and carefully place a large magnet over the
>disk... For best results, use IBM magnet.

:-)

/klaus

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Kit that old, I'd be tempted to scrap it. That way you could rip the
drives out and physically destroy them. Break the platters and maybe stick
them in a fire.

Simon Green
Altria ITSC Europe Ltd

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 -----Original Message-----
 From: Utt, Lyle [mailto:Lyle.Utt@OREGONSTATE.EDU]
 Sent: 30 September 2003 19:15
 To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
 Subject: Erase AIX Drives on J40

 I need to wipe to Department of Defense standards a J40s Hard Drives.

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