Boot nuke

[Janina Sajka]

Well, I don't know enough about this application or how it works to
answer you. Nor are you giving enough data.

If this is some kind of stand-alone app--then you can certainly execute
it after booting from some kind of boot media (like a floppy, cd rom, or
usb stick). If, however, it somehow integrates itself into the Linux
kernel, or refuses to execute except when it sees a kernel it
recognizes, then you'll have to build yourself boot media that you have
patched to include Speakup, I'm afraid.

Does it support any kind of external control? Can you ssh to the box you
boot with this application?

Or, is this application assuming each and every machine you will use it
on comes equipped with monitor and keyboard. Not very realistic,
actually, if that's the case.

Vega, Gabriel writes:
> Dban, or darik's boot nuke is a hard drive sanitizer. It whipes a disk
> several times and totally makes sure that you can not recover old data.
> I believes it passes like six to 8 times over the disk with 0's. and
> sadly I know there are other apps that can do this but dban is the only
> thing the state says we could use. 
> 
> Also, all I am wondering is can we use like the lt boot disk and then
> when it asks for a boot disk if we could stick in the dban start up disk
> and if it will boot into it? Or would I have to patch the speakup into
> the original floppy start up disk of dban into the kernal?
> 
> Gabe Vega
> Technical Support Specialist
> Information Services Unit
> Arizona Industries for the Blind
> CellPhone:(602) 488-9862
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca
> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] 
> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 1:04 PM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: Boot nuke
> 
> Never heard of boot nuke. What is it?
> 
> Vega, Gabriel writes:
> > Hello I was wondering if there was a speakup modified version of boot 
> > nuke or something that uses the boot nuke option. I am a blind 
> > technician that is needing to use this application tool in order to 
> > sanitize floppy disks and the only state approve application to 
> > accomplish this is boot nuke. Can some one let me know. Thank you
> > 
> > Gabe Vega
> > Technical Support Specialist
> > Information Services Unit
> > Arizona Industries for the Blind
> > CellPhone:(602) 488-9862
> > 
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> Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.202.494.7040
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Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.202.494.7040
Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com
Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.

Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
janina at freestandards.org		http://a11y.org