Subject: Re: add /dev/one ?
To: Todd Gruhns Acct <tgruhn2@mail.com>
From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 05/10/2002 00:21:10
> 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