Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for "cleaning" hard drives

2009-03-12 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 16:08 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: > Paul Menzel writes: > > > Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 14:53 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: > >> Paul Menzel writes: > >> > >> > Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 11:08 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: > >> >> Matt Tagg

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for "cleaning" hard drives

2009-03-11 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Paul Menzel writes: > Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 14:53 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: >> Paul Menzel writes: >> >> > Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 11:08 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: >> >> Matt Taggart writes: >> >> >> >> >> Well this assumption (to encrypt the disc afterward) is

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for "cleaning" hard drives

2009-03-11 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 14:53 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: > Paul Menzel writes: > > > Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 11:08 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: > >> Matt Taggart writes: > >> > >> >> Well this assumption (to encrypt the disc afterward) is not necessarily > >> >> valid.

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for "cleaning" hard drives

2009-03-11 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Paul Menzel writes: > Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 11:08 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: >> Matt Taggart 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

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for "cleaning" hard drives

2009-03-11 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 11:08 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: > Matt Taggart 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

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for "cleaning" hard drives

2009-03-11 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Matt Taggart 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

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for "cleaning" hard drives

2009-03-09 Thread Matt Taggart
> 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

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2009-03-09 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > found 392480 64 Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for "cleaning" hard drives Bug marked as found in version 64. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking syst

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for "cleaning" hard drives

2009-03-09 Thread Paul Menzel
found 392480 64 thanks Dear Debian folks, Am Sonntag, den 15.10.2006, 02:03 +0200 schrieb David Härdeman: > On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 03:27:13PM -0700, Matt Taggart wrote: > >I would like to see the ability to clean hard disks (by securely overwriting > >all blocks) added to debian-installer. >

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2006-11-22 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 392480 partman-partitioning Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for "cleaning" hard drives Bug reassigned from package `debian-installer' to `partman-partitioning'. > thanks Stopping processing here. Ple

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for "cleaning" hard drives

2006-11-21 Thread Matt Taggart
David =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=E4rdeman?= writes... > If you are concerned with the safety of your personal data being left > from a previous installation, I assume you're also (and even more so) > worried about your personal data being kept safe in the new > installation? > > If so, I'd assume that you

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for "cleaning" hard drives

2006-10-14 Thread David Härdeman
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 03:27:13PM -0700, Matt Taggart wrote: I would like to see the ability to clean hard disks (by securely overwriting all blocks) added to debian-installer. When I reuse a hard disk (or before I get rid of one), before I install I like to clean all data off the drive by over

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for "cleaning" hard drives

2006-10-11 Thread Matt Taggart
Package: debian-installer Version: 20061011 Severity: wishlist I would like to see the ability to clean hard disks (by securely overwriting all blocks) added to debian-installer. When I reuse a hard disk (or before I get rid of one), before I install I like to clean all data off the drive by ove