Re: [SLUG] Linux-based Data Scrubbers?

[James Gray <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 30/08/2006, at 12:20 PM, Martin Pool wrote:

> 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?

Who the hell knows? :P  The Japanese government wrote the rules and  
if they're anything like the Aussie parliament, they have narry a  
clue between all of them about the technicalities this "logging"  
requirement creates.  I'm not that fussy - for all I care, they can  
break out the digital camera and photograph the screen!

Seriously though, if it's booting from floppy, write to floppy.  If  
it's booting from CD, send via e-mail, or write to a floppy, write to  
a network share?  None of which sound particularly simple to  
implement given that every network is different and many (most) PC's  
these days don't come with floppy drives anymore.

Cheers,

James