Anyone know of a disk wiping utility that isn't DBAN?

[Lysander]

I only mention it because DBAN doesn't seem to work with SATA-II drives. It was created in 2002 and only works with IDE.

So does anyone know of another utility that does the same job?

 

[M0KUJ1N]

Funny, DBAN claims to be usable on SATA:
http://dban.sourceforge.net/faq/#hardware

You may be using an out of date version or your SATA controller may be too bleeding-edge for DBAN's Linux kernel to recognise it.

You could put the disk in a old-ish (and hopefully better supported) SATA machine (something like a 865 P4 / Nforce2 would be ideal) and see if you have any more luck?

 

[chriscpritchard]

you could get a linux livecd (something like knoppix) and open a terminal and run sudo cat /dev/urandom > /dev/sda (with a being first HD, b bieng second etc) this will wiope the hard drive, partitions and all

 

[jbloggs]

KillDisk

 

[IAmATeaf]

KillDisk

Another vote for killdisk here, download the free version, create a floppy disk and away you go.