Re: [SLUG] Linux-based Data Scrubbers?

[Martin Pool <mbp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 30 Aug 2006, James Gray <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So the call goes out - anyone know of anything that will do this?  I  
> happy to roll-my-own boot CD etc, but I'm turning up blanks for the  
> data scrubber.  It's pretty simple though (to meet the .jp  
> requirements):
> 1. write a constant pattern to *every* sector on the drive (either 00  
> or FF)
> 2. log the result of #1
> 3. celebrate your superiority for erasing the drive.

Just curious - where do you log it, if you're running off a boot cd and
just clobbered the drives?  Onto a new partition?

-- 
Martin