>> Where X is the drive number. NORTON utilities, when wiping has options such as
>> secure wipe, and govt wipe, and military wipe. Norton wipes by writing a string of
>> 0, then a string of 1, then a string of 0, repeating the process different
>> numbers of times for different levels of security.
>> 
>> OK, so why have we NOT GOT a /dev/one so we can do the same thing?

>Ok, Windows nor DOS doesn't have /dev/one either, so how are the norton
>utilities doing this? Must be magic...


>Martin


Neither DOS or Win[mumble] have a /dev dir for that matter (how 'bout Win NT?).
Since I recall doing this with Norton 6.0 on DOS, I would think it was 
hardcoded in the wipedisk routine somehow...

Todd Gruhn