On 22:12 Thu 09 Jan , John Hasler wrote: > David Christensen writes: > > 1. Back up your data. Disconnect all drives. Install a new/ > > different system drive and fill it with zeros. Do a fresh install of > > the OS distribution of your choosing. Test/ patch/ backport/ > > etc. thoroughly. If/ when you're satisfied, you're done. > > Filling the drive with zeros is a waste of time. Just tell the > installer to take over the entire drive. Doesn't matter what's on it.
I agree. Just follow the installer instructions and erase the partitions. > -- > John Hasler > jhas...@newsguy.com > Elmwood, WI USA > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87txdc5vbo....@thumper.dhh.gt.org > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140110055549.ga25...@earthlink.net
