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From: MCRAD2::DBUTLER@ti-eg.CSNET ("David Butler, VAX Engineering 952-2048")
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Subject: disk erase image
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Date: Wed, 18-Mar-87 12:37:00 EST
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A requirement exists at our site for an image that will erase a disk after
secure processing.  The gotcha is...the disk in question is the SYSTEM/USER
disk of a microvax.  Our perceived need is having an image that will fault 
its entire process into memory, essentially a standalone environment, 
crosshatch the disk with a specified pattern a specified number of times, 
and then zero, or clear itself from memory.
                                       
So, for my first time I'm testing the 'waters' of the net by asking if 
something this exotic already exists before we venture into development.

Thanks in advance,

Dave Butler VAX/CONVEX Engineering
Texas Instruments Inc.
2501 W. University
Mckinney, Texas 75069
214.952.2048