[Cialug] What are people using for a USB/LiveCD for erasing hard drives?

[David Champion]

kristau wrote:
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you can boot off the DBAN disc,
> start the wipe process, then eject the disc and use it on the next
> system. Nice if you have a bunch to wipe at the same time.
>
> If DBAN can't do that, then look at System Rescue CD (sysresccd.org).
> You can boot that into RAM, then use dd or shred to wipe the drives.
>
>   
I'd agree that dban is the right tool for wiping a disk.

For other boot disc / rescue disc duties, I like TRK a lot:

http://trinityhome.org

-dc