On Jan 26, 2009, at 10:52 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> > > On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:42 PM, Ralph Green wrote: > >> Howdy, >> I use dban and have installed it for several customers. I have >> never >> seen it work on anything but a generic x86 PC, like those used for >> declining OSes like Windows or for Linux. You don't need a very >> up to >> date one, or an operating system installed. I have used it to wipe a >> bunch of Mac hard drives. > > Well, the DBAN site explicitly lists a PowerPC download, and the > systems I'm wiping are old G3 iMacs...I DON'T want to spend the time > required to dig out the ^...@$%# drives just to erase 'em :-) > Hi Bruce; Are the G3s new enough for firewire external? If not, the same thing can be done with a SCSI external. Setup the external drive with a bootable OSX, boot that and run Disk Utility to wipe the installed drive. HTH Chuck D. > -- > Bruce Johnson > U of Az College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > Institutions don't have opinions, merely customs > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
