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2nd June 2011, 04:21 AM

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Shred and LVM

Hi,
I want to run shred on a LVM volume:
shred /dev/VGSystem/LVTmp
Will this work or is useless like using shred on an ext3+ file?

Thanks

2nd June 2011, 05:31 AM

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Re: Shred and LVM

It depends on the FILESYSTEM, not LVM.

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