How to really kill a disk before retirement?

From: Copeland KCK, Rich (Rich.Copeland.KCK@gentiva.com)
Date: Fri Feb 13 2004 - 18:23:15 EST

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Tru64 Admins ... your opinion please ...

To fully eradicate a disk before retirement my memory wants me to think that the command:

# diskx -f /dev/disk/disk0c -w -pattern 99

will do the trick, anyone have any other ideas or will confirm this plan please.

Regards,
 
Rich Copeland KCK

Rich.Copeland.KCK@gentiva.com

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