I just did a shred<br><br>[root@desk2 ~]# shred -v -z /dev/sde<br>shred: /dev/sde: pass 1/4 (random)...<br>shred: /dev/sde: pass 1/4 (random)...142MiB/9.4GiB 1%<br>shred: /dev/sde: pass 1/4 (random)...143MiB/9.4GiB 1%<br>shred: /dev/sde: pass 1/4 (random)...275MiB/9.4GiB 2%<br>

shred: /dev/sde: pass 1/4 (random)...276MiB/9.4GiB 2%<br>.<br>.<br>.<br><br>shred: /dev/sde: pass 4/4 (000000)...9.1GiB/9.4GiB 97%<br>shred: /dev/sde: pass 4/4 (000000)...9.2GiB/9.4GiB 98%<br>shred: /dev/sde: pass 4/4 (000000)...9.3GiB/9.4GiB 99%<br>

shred: /dev/sde: pass 4/4 (000000)...9.4GiB/9.4GiB 100%<br><br>real    62m49.334s<br>user    0m22.939s<br>sys     0m34.684s<br>[root@desk2 ~]# <br><br><br>here is a faster and even better way :)<br><br>see photo<a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwgN_uWIl5AdV2RSaEN0bWc1UTQ/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"> here</a><br clear="all">
<br><br><br>-- <br>Vince