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[bulatek]

Thanks, all of the suggestions above worked.  I created a new thread for the logging question.
Dave...

[bulatek]

Wonderful! That seems to work.

Next question...
When I run on Linux, is there a log file created of the BCWipe run? Where would I find it? I need to log to "prove" that the wiping was run and successful. I plan to do three separate runs. One for free space. One for slack space. And one for swap space.

Thanks,
Dave...

[Nail]

Hi.

1) I am just learning Linux, so, if I run wipe free space off the root filesystem, does it wipe the entire directory tree (and all associated partitions)? For example, my root is mounted on /dev/hda3 but /boot is mounted on /dev/hda1. So running wipe free space off / will wipe both of those partitions?

No. It will wipe free space on your /dev/hda3 only.

2) Is it possible (or even necessary) to wipe the Linux swap space? How do you do it? Swap is on /dev/hda2, but I do not see any mounted filesystem for that.

Try following sequence:
1. Make sure that you have enough virtual memory
2. swapoff /dev/hda2              # turn off swapping on /dev/hda2
3. bcwipe -bvmd /dev/hda2      # wipe /dev/hda2 block device
4. mkswap /dev/hda2              # prepare swap space
5. swapon /dev/hda2               # turn on swapping on /dev/hda2

Regards,
Nail

[bulatek]

A couple more questions:

1) I am just learning Linux, so, if I run wipe free space off the root filesystem, does it wipe the entire directory tree (and all associated partitions)? For example, my root is mounted on /dev/hda3 but /boot is mounted on /dev/hda1. So running wipe free space off / will wipe both of those partitions?

2) Is it possible (or even necessary) to wipe the Linux swap space? How do you do it? Swap is on /dev/hda2, but I do not see any mounted filesystem for that.

Thanks,
Dave...

[Nail]

Hi.
If you want to wipe free space on root filesystem please enter
bcwipe -Fvmd /
Path must point to the filesystem's mount point.

Regards,
Nail

[bulatek]

I tried running "bcwipe -Fvmd /tmp" and received a message saying "You can not wipe ALL free space on /tmp." I answered yes to continue past that and it proceeded to wipe. So now the questions are 1) what is NOT wiped (per message above), and 2) will I need to do run bcwipe on each directory off of the root?
Thanks,
Dave...

[Nail]

Hi, Dave.

"Wipe free space" command requires a mounted filesystem as parameter, not block device.
Please try bcwipe –Fvmd /tmp instead.

Regards,
Nail

[bulatek]

I am trying to wipe free space on a Linux machine primary drive. I log in as super user and use the command

bcwipe –Fvmd /dev/hda

 but I get the error Can not wipe free space in /dev/hda: Permission denied.

What do I need to do to accomplish this?

Thanks,
Dave...