Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for cleaning hard drives

2009-03-12 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 16:08 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: Paul Menzel pm.deb...@googlemail.com writes: Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 14:53 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: Paul Menzel pm.deb...@googlemail.com writes: Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 11:08 +0100 schrieb

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for cleaning hard drives

2009-03-11 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Matt Taggart tagg...@debian.org writes: Well this assumption (to encrypt the disc afterward) is not necessarily valid. A company is giving away computers to a school or for use for children, where no encryption is needed. They require you to wipe the drive. (Ok, they should do it themselves

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for cleaning hard drives

2009-03-11 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 11:08 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: Matt Taggart tagg...@debian.org writes: Well this assumption (to encrypt the disc afterward) is not necessarily valid. A company is giving away computers to a school or for use for children, where no encryption is

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for cleaning hard drives

2009-03-11 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Paul Menzel pm.deb...@googlemail.com writes: Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 11:08 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: Matt Taggart tagg...@debian.org writes: Well this assumption (to encrypt the disc afterward) is not necessarily valid. A company is giving away computers to a school or for

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for cleaning hard drives

2009-03-11 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 14:53 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: Paul Menzel pm.deb...@googlemail.com writes: Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 11:08 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: Matt Taggart tagg...@debian.org writes: Well this assumption (to encrypt the disc afterward) is

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for cleaning hard drives

2009-03-11 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Paul Menzel pm.deb...@googlemail.com writes: Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 14:53 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: Paul Menzel pm.deb...@googlemail.com writes: Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 11:08 +0100 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: Matt Taggart tagg...@debian.org writes: Well this

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for cleaning hard drives

2009-03-09 Thread Paul Menzel
found 392480 64 thanks Dear Debian folks, Am Sonntag, den 15.10.2006, 02:03 +0200 schrieb David Härdeman: On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 03:27:13PM -0700, Matt Taggart wrote: I would like to see the ability to clean hard disks (by securely overwriting all blocks) added to debian-installer. When

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2009-03-09 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: found 392480 64 Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for cleaning hard drives Bug marked as found in version 64. thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system administrator

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for cleaning hard drives

2009-03-09 Thread Matt Taggart
Well this assumption (to encrypt the disc afterward) is not necessarily valid. A company is giving away computers to a school or for use for children, where no encryption is needed. They require you to wipe the drive. (Ok, they should do it themselves to be on the safe side of things, but in

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2006-11-22 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: reassign 392480 partman-partitioning Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for cleaning hard drives Bug reassigned from package `debian-installer' to `partman-partitioning'. thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for cleaning hard drives

2006-11-21 Thread Matt Taggart
David =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=E4rdeman?= writes... If you are concerned with the safety of your personal data being left from a previous installation, I assume you're also (and even more so) worried about your personal data being kept safe in the new installation? If so, I'd assume that you'd do

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for cleaning hard drives

2006-10-14 Thread David Härdeman
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 03:27:13PM -0700, Matt Taggart wrote: I would like to see the ability to clean hard disks (by securely overwriting all blocks) added to debian-installer. When I reuse a hard disk (or before I get rid of one), before I install I like to clean all data off the drive by

Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for cleaning hard drives

2006-10-11 Thread Matt Taggart
Package: debian-installer Version: 20061011 Severity: wishlist I would like to see the ability to clean hard disks (by securely overwriting all blocks) added to debian-installer. When I reuse a hard disk (or before I get rid of one), before I install I like to clean all data off the drive by