On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 8:51 PM ToddAndMargo via users < users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> Hi All, > > I have an upcoming appointment with a customer > who wants a number of his old computers > (mostly iMacs) removed from service. > > With other computers, if I can remove the > drives, I just remove them and give them > to the customer to hit with a hammer. > > But iMacs I will need a glass puller, etc.. > So what I usually do when I can not get the > drive out is to boot into a Linux (Fedora) > Live USB and run > > # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd[x] An old iMac has been running this (x=a) for over 12 hours here using thr “rescue” option from an old linux installer CD. I’ve done this with newer Macs, but just left it running overnight, so not sure how long it took. -- George N. White III
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