[XCSSA] boot floppy that can wipe a hard drive

xcssa@xcssa.org xcssa@xcssa.org
Mon, 3 Jul 2006 12:05:11 -0500


On 7/3/06, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org <xcssa-admin@xcssa.org> wrote:
> Cool floppy..  When I need this functionality, I usually just use Knoppix (off
> CD) and use "shred -z /dev/hda"... Works like  a charm.

Yeah, I had a particularly old/dumb machine that couldn't boot off
CD-ROM (it wasn't even an option in the BIOS, and I had upgraded to
the latest BIOS from Dell).
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