LS-120 drive

[Fred Erickson]

On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 20:10 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > I need to wipe some floppies before disposal.   I have a usb LS-120 drive that 
> > I used to be able to use with linux, but it looks as though the drivers may 
> > no longer be in the kernel - it is of the vitage of zip drives.  Or maybe I 
> > just need some extra packages installed?  Can anyone help me get this working 
> > again?
> > 
> > Anne
> > 
> If you have a large quantity of the disks, consider using a bulk 
> tape eraser, if you have one, or a magnet if you do not. It is much 
> faster, and does a better job. The erase heads on a disk drive are 
> not as wide as the write head, so you leave recoverable data behind. 
> (Something about not damaging adjacent tracks.)
> 
> Mikkel

And if you're really paranoid, take the disks outside, place them on the
ground, point a lit propane torch at them. Crispy critters in no time at
all :)

Fred