Re: erase hardrive

From: Shane Spencer <shane@bogomip.com>
Date: Thu Mar 29 2007 - 14:51:01 AKDT

badblocks :)

On 3/29/07, Kevin Miller <atftb2@alaska.net> wrote:
> Not really any need to wipe 'em is there? Whenever I've installed Linux
> (SUSE & Debian) defining partitions was part of the process. I just
> delete existing partitions and create new ones - or format the existing
> one's if the partitions are set up appropriately already and I don't
> want anything that's on them...
>
> ...Kevin
>
> Shane Spencer wrote:
> > wipe
> >
> > On 3/29/07, terrance thomascik <tthomascik@alaskalife.net> wrote:
> >> For fun -
> >>
> >> What's and where can I get a program to clean a hardrive to prep for linux.
> >> These are old computers from a friends business. 10 gig hardrives.I'll be
> >> looking inside at the Friday meeting to see if anything is worth doing.
> >>
> >> Personal issue -
> >>
> >> I installed (toshiba laptop ) suse 10.2 next to my suse 9.3 and can no longer
> >> get my suse 9.3. to load at all. The toshiba has a win modem so I use a 3
> >> com modem for dialup. worked great.
> >>
> >> Suse 10.2 may not ( 3 com ) support it, it recognized it not as a modem but
> >> as a ethernet card instead. How can I get it to recognize it in the proper
> >> place if possible. If I can't solve that, then I need to go to another
> >> distro.
> >>
> >> I cleaned the hardrive by rescue disk for windows xp. So now I have to change
> >> the boot process to let my cd/dvd drive boot 1st. Presently it goes to hard
> >> disk. I'll keep xp only for scanner activities and misc issues.
> >>
> >> I have Gparted on a distro. I'd like to install suse 10.2 or madriva 2007 or
> >> kubuntu 5.10
> >>
> >> I read in the suse 10.0 bible that suse dropped some of the supported modems
> >> because of licensing. What worked on 10.0 may not work on 10.1 and so on.
> >>
> >> Friday meeting -
> >>
> >> pizza or cheese cake ( costco )
> >>
> >>
> >> Terry T
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