On Thursday 01 April 2004 17:55, Hal MacArgle wrote: > ��������It may be of interest to try the boot and nuke scheme to > "zero" the rest of the drive just to be sure: > > http://dban.sourceforge.net (dban-1.0.1-i386.img)
I question the use of such things, put it this way, most all linux distro's are so "used partition friendly" that they dont touch other partitions which are defined, meaning, if one tryes to install some distro's on a disk which is fully partitioned then the installer/ the keyboard operator _must_ define which partition(s) are to be used, or, some distro's do have the option allowing the user/operator/installer to define "use the whole disk". It is up to the user/installer/operator to choose. That i do belive is a better scheme than a certain well known OS uses. I personally have never come accross an instance that i needed to use such a drastic measure such as Hal mentioned, on the otherhand i am not saying anything else than what i have stated, programs like the above are intended to make life easier for some who know no better and make the more experianced user think why would one want to use such a program. Having said all that (again), Hal did make a good point in pointing it out. -- If the Linux community is a bunch of theives because they try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community is built on organized crime. Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
