Bug#392480: debian-installer: add support for "cleaning" hard drives
> 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 reality things are different.)
BTW something like "Dan's Boot and Nuke" is an option for this case too.
But like I said in a previous mail it would be convenient if d-i could do
this as I usually have d-i disks laying around :)
> If such a udeb exists and the additional option is too much work, could
> you please point me to a howto where the handling of udeb-files is
> described, so I can unpack it manually.
BTW, not a udeb but I did publish instructions on how to use shred
http://lackof.org/taggart/hacking/d-i-tricks/#shred
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Matt Taggart
taggart@debian.org
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