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

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

Matt Taggart <taggart@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 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 :)

Switch to the second console.

cat </dev/null >/dev/sda

Go get lunch.

>> 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

MfG
        Goswin