[colug-432] Wipe Drive

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On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 11:49:23 -0600, Thomas Cranston <thomas.w.cranston at gmail.com> wrote:

> How do I wipe HDD before returning it for exchange or refund. It is having
> I/O errors. My understanding is that dd may not work because drive is
> having I/O Errors.

Start with dd. If that crashes, read the dd wikipedia page 
for utilities that grok bad drives. 

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)