Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:03:10 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wipe a drive clean Message-ID: <20080624120310.607ab41c@ayiin> In-Reply-To: <340a29540806231336g4be401a6h5f5a1b2b6dca110e@mail.gmail.com> References: <340a29540806231257x670cf398qc5bf11c396fd0afb@mail.gmail.com> <20080623202259.GB97202@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <340a29540806231336g4be401a6h5f5a1b2b6dca110e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:36:35 -0600
"Andrew Falanga" <af300wsm@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I'd rather not install a port, if I can avoid it. I
> >
> > Have a look at security/wipe.
>
> Before reading this, yes I did. In fact, I even installed it.
> However, the first operation appears to be a renaming of the file in
> question. I was doing:
>
> wipe -z /dev/da2
>
> which was being kicked out with "Operation not permitted." It seemed
> to want to move/rename the file first. I didn't do enough digging to
> get around this before reading this e-mail.
do you have access rights to write to that device?
is the device mounted ? (it shouldn't)
B
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