On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:42 PM, Ralph Green wrote:

> Howdy,
>  I use dban and have installed it for several customers.  I have never
> seen it work on anything but a generic x86 PC, like those used for
> declining OSes like Windows or for Linux.  You don't need a very up to
> date one, or an operating system installed.  I have used it to wipe a
> bunch of Mac hard drives.

Well, the DBAN site explicitly lists a PowerPC download, and the  
systems I'm wiping are old G3 iMacs...I DON'T want to spend the time  
required to dig out the ^...@$%# drives just to erase 'em :-)

--
Bruce Johnson
U of Az  College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
Institutions don't have opinions, merely customs


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