On Jan 26, 2009, at 9:53 PM, Charles Davis wrote:
> Hi Bruce; > Are the G3s new enough for firewire external? > If not, the same thing can be done with a SCSI external. > > Setup the external drive with a bootable OSX, boot that and run Disk > Utility to wipe the installed drive. Well for that I can just boot off the system CD and do it that way. My issue is that Disk Utility doesn't offer anything between just writing zeros across the drive and doing an 8-way secure erase which takes way too long. -- Bruce Johnson U of Az College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions don't have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
