From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 3 10:10:51 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 267C31065674 for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2011 10:10:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3fd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E6768FC18 for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2011 10:10:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p73AAT8R083977 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 3 Aug 2011 11:10:30 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk p73AAT8R083977 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1312366230; bh=mtRWf8MORiXO5HiP0lJ6tdICo6fvg97nJJEcsALRLFk=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4E391E8F.4090308@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20W ed,=2003=20Aug=202011=2011:10:23=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|User-Agent:=20Mozilla/5.0=20(M acintosh=3B=20Intel=20Mac=20OS=20X=2010.6=3B=20rv:5.0)=20Gecko/201 10624=20Thunderbird/5.0|MIME-Version:=201.0|To:=20Polytropon=20|CC:=20"Conrad=20J.=20Sabatier"=20 ,=20=0D=0A=20freebsd-questions@freebsd.org|Subject:=20Re:=208.2-RE LEASE-amd64.iso=20weirdness=20(help!)|References:=20<2011080218060 6.4599d800@serene>=20<20110803015749.70218347.freebsd@edvax.de>|In -Reply-To:=20<20110803015749.70218347.freebsd@edvax.de>|X-Enigmail -Version:=201.2|OpenPGP:=20id=3D60AE908C|Content-Type:=20multipart /signed=3B=20micalg=3Dpgp-sha1=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"application/ pgp-signature"=3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------enigD549DEEBD15D 2BCFAF7CB977"; b=JvK3C6dH+qvndJdFqxYrK2gKcxNBnQ6TosSPAh6ArzgRCAbdsUgsdCUJqpOE8s7w1 MAmwXKMRfDLnw1qiWp/8gP5Bz4+TZrv0GLUqZVXoEhNT480tW59pZTiu3kKxipvcEp uIWPCDBTAN5Fg1TXBQ3UNscYA6en9yrQhe8pisdU= Message-ID: <4E391E8F.4090308@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:10:23 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110624 Thunderbird/5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Polytropon References: <20110802180606.4599d800@serene> <20110803015749.70218347.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20110803015749.70218347.freebsd@edvax.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.2 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigD549DEEBD15D2BCFAF7CB977" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.2 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: "Conrad J. Sabatier" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.2-RELEASE-amd64.iso weirdness (help!) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:10:51 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigD549DEEBD15D2BCFAF7CB977 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 03/08/2011 00:57, Polytropon wrote: >> > The really crucial problem I'm facing right now is that I can't get >> > Linux's damned "grub" off of my hard drive! =20 > This should be easy by dd'ing the beginning of the hard disk > with /dev/zero's. Otherwise, overwriting with FreeBSD's standard > booting mechanisms should be possible too. If you want an easy way to blank a system, try dban (Darik's Boot and Nuke) -- it's a bootable CD which can overwrite disks multiple times and ultimately zero them out. For your purposes, you don't need the high-security wiping -- just choose the menu option to simply zero the disk. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enigD549DEEBD15D2BCFAF7CB977 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk45HpUACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxRlwCeJcDX3zSKLRqIYJBXv7uc3O0D gIoAn0aenLwKhrj7jU0nTAcjQZU04iml =7ebs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigD549DEEBD15D2BCFAF7CB977--