Shred

[Michael]

finally got it to install correctly!

On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 12:54 AM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> they had installed windows on it.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 4:18 AM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, I just got the computer back from the shop and he said I need to
>> wipe the disk to install linux on it.  Right now it won't load past the
>> hardware splash screen.
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 3:50 AM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss <
>> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 2022-08-29 at 22:45 +0000, T Zack Crawford via PLUG-discuss
>>> wrote:
>>> > I would probably do a `dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX` if I am
>>> understanding what
>>> > you're asking. Or you could do urandom
>>>
>>> I've got a question. If you need to wipe them, they're leaving your
>>> possession. If
>>> they're leaving your possession, they're no good to you any more. So why
>>> not just go
>>> out in the driveway and take a hammer to them?
>>>
>>> Actually, I'd do the urandom first just in case they can somehow glue
>>> them back
>>> together, but drives I don't need anymore all fall under the hammer.
>>>
>>> SteveT
>>>
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