<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1479" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff>Thanks....DBAN downloaded, burnt and wiping now. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence MacIntyre" <<A href="mailto:macintyrelp@ornl.gov">macintyrelp@ornl.gov</A>> To: <<A href="mailto:nyberg.kent@spray.se">nyberg.kent@spray.se</A>> Cc: <<A href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</A>> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:39 PM Subject: Re: Trying to format my HDDs... > I'm assuming that you asked the wrong question, and that you don't > actually want to format the disk, but you do want to remove all of the > data on them. If so, you want the following: > > Darik's Boot and Nuke <<A href="http://dban.sourceforge.net">http://dban.sourceforge.net</A>> > > Download the .iso, burn a CD from it, and from the boot prompt, select > auto-nuke. When it boots, it wipes all of the disks that are attached > to the PC. > > On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 22:29 +0100, Kent Nyberg wrote: > > Yes, you can do that with the Ubuntu live-cd (or any other live-cd's i > > would imagen). > > (sorry for the bad formatting of the email. Evolution did not want to > > comment out your mail :/ ) > > > > > > ons 2005-01-12 klockan 21:19 +0000 skrev Ben Hodgson: > > Hey, > > > > I apologise in advance for this being a little off topic - but I figured > > that if anyone would know, it would be you guys! I have a bunch of PCs > > that I want to get rid of and I am looking to see if there is a Linux > > distro (or anything I can just boot from CD) whose sole purpose is to > > format hard drives? Basically, I just want to have a CD that I can boot > > from that loads a utility into the RAM to fully format a hard disk. > > > > Does such a thing exist? > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Lawrence MacIntyre 865.574.8696 <A href="mailto:macintyrelp@ornl.gov">macintyrelp@ornl.gov</A> > Oak Ridge National Laboratory > High Performance Information Infrastructure Technology Group > AKO: <A href="mailto:lawrence.macintyre@us.army.mil">lawrence.macintyre@us.army.mil</A> > SIPRNet: <A href="mailto:macintyrelp@ornl.doe.sgov.gov">macintyrelp@ornl.doe.sgov.gov</A> > > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <A href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</A> > <A href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</A> > > <DIV> </DIV> <hr>I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 6524 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try <a href="http://www.spamfighter.com/Product_Info.asp?">SPAMfighter</a> for free now! </BODY></HTML>