Matt Taggart <tagg...@debian.org> writes: >> Well this assumption (to encrypt the disc afterward) is not necessarily >> valid. A company is giving away computers to a school or for use for >> children, where no encryption is needed. They require you to wipe the >> drive. (Ok, they should do it themselves to be on the safe side of >> things, but in reality things are different.) > > BTW something like "Dan's Boot and Nuke" is an option for this case too. > But like I said in a previous mail it would be convenient if d-i could do > this as I usually have d-i disks laying around :)
Switch to the second console. cat </dev/null >/dev/sda Go get lunch. >> If such a udeb exists and the additional option is too much work, could >> you please point me to a howto where the handling of udeb-files is >> described, so I can unpack it manually. > > BTW, not a udeb but I did publish instructions on how to use shred > > http://lackof.org/taggart/hacking/d-i-tricks/#shred MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org