Actually, it's all-bits-zero, all-bits-one, all-bits-zero. This prevents
people from reading the previous data from residual magnetic fields underneath
a disk which has simply been wiped with zeroes, etc. The complete cycle for
each bit is enough to minimize this risk.
Charles Cazabon
-- ---------------------------------------------------- Charles Cazabon <charlesc-linux@qcc.sk.ca> Any opinions expressed are just that -- my opinions. ----------------------------------------------------
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