Re: How do I wipe out the data

["Bob Crothers" <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm pretty sure you can low level nuke the drives via DST (Dedicated
Service Tools).  Set the key to "service" and IPL.  Have fun!  Besides,
what is the worst that could happen?  You screw up OS/400.  It's going
back to ICC anyway.  And it wouldn't suprise me if they nuked the DASD
as part of the refurbish process anyway.

I suspect that dltlib just removes the pointers to the objects.  It
probably does not actually zero out the DASD.  Which is probably fine
except for the most paranoid (eg: security conscious).

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: eric <eric@norcov.com>
To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com' <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 7:07 PM
Subject: RE: How do I wipe out the data


>We ran into this issue when we were getting rid of our CISC.  I
checked
>with a couple of people but eventually it came down to just nuking all
of
>our libraries, and deleting our outqs and user profiles.  No one would
ever
>tell me how to go about re-formatting our drives.
>
>
>Eric Kempter
>CommAir Mechanical Services, Inc.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Glenn Gundermann [SMTP:ggundermann@rachisholm.com]
>Sent: Thursday, October 29, 1998 1:50 PM
>To: Midrange List
>Subject: How do I wipe out the data
>
>Hello all,
>
>For a 9402-400 V3R7 .....
>
>Can anyone tell me how to wipe out the data from my AS/400 before it
>gets picked up by IBM?  It's getting returned to IBM Leasing (now
called
>IBM Financing).
>TIA.
>
>Glenn Gundermann
>Ronald A. Chisholm Limited
>Toronto
>ggundermann@rachisholm.com
>
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