NAME dkt erase-disk - Generate data stream to overwrite a hard disk SYNOPSIS dkt erase-disk [] DESCRIPTION The program creates a data stream which can be used as input to "dd" to overwrite an entire disk. A pass number can be specified to choose a byte value written to the disk: Pass Byte 0 0x00 1 0xFF 2 0x0F 3 0xF0 4 0x33 5 0xCC 6 0x55 7 0xAA Use pass numbers from 7 ... 0 to set and reset each bit several times. For normal usage scenarios one pass using pass number 0 should be sufficient. OPTIONS -p pass chooses the pass number. -b size specifies the block size (default: 512). -n number specifies the number of blocks (default: 0 for an "endless" sequence). RETURN VALUE The program returns 0 on success, any other value indicates an error. AUTHOR Dirk Krause HISTORY The "dkt erase-disk" function replaces the edbp program from previous dktools versions.