On Tuesday, December 21, 2010 11:48:09 am Robert Mark Wallace wrote: ... > If you decide to go the simple route, you might want to "Kill Disk", a > free download, your hard drive (AFTER YOU HAVE BACKED UP YOUR > DATA!!!!!) before you start. I have had problems putting a distro > over a distro on a partition previously used for LInux because > reformatting a disk does not delete every little line of code, it just > deletes the system's ability to address. it. > > KIll disk writes zeros on every space on your hard drive giving you a > true fresh start. (Reformatting you hard drive does not delete > classified documents and the police have a program that can find > <**censored**> on a reformatted hard drive.
This is a good idea, but I want to point out that you can do the same thing using either a 'dd' command, or the 'wipe' command. Either of these can be run from a live CD or DVD, such as the Ubuntu install disk, or from Knoppix. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jan 5 - Building a Community Site with Drupal Feb 2 - Zimbra Mar 2 - MHVLUG 8th Anniversary - Show and Tell
