On 29 January 2012 16:48, John MM scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote:
Not an attitude, just a question
Please bottom-quote on the list.
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On Jan 28, 2012 7:23 PM, Andy Smith a...@bitfolk.com wrote:
Hello scoundrel50a,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 06:40:33PM +, scoundrel50a wrote:
What is so wrong about wanting to be able to securely wipe an
hdd.
Nothing. As I stated, a simple
I used gparted to blank a couple of hdd's that I am getting rid of
however the mbrr was not formatted and they still boot from grub.
Anyone tell me how I format the drive so it is completely blank ?
Regards
Ted Wager
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On 28/01/12 10:41, Ted Wager wrote:
I used gparted to blank a couple of hdd's that I am getting rid of
however the mbrr was not formatted and they still boot from grub.
Anyone tell me how I format the drive so it is completely blank ?
http://www.dban.org/ - Darik's Boot and Nuke.
The
On 28 January 2012 10:41, Ted Wager t...@trufflesdad.plus.com wrote:
I used gparted to blank a couple of hdd's that I am getting rid of
however the mbrr was not formatted and they still boot from grub.
Anyone tell me how I format the drive so it is completely blank ?
Regards
Ted Wager
Hello,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 10:41:36AM +, Ted Wager wrote:
I used gparted to blank a couple of hdd's that I am getting rid of
however the mbrr was not formatted and they still boot from grub.
Anyone tell me how I format the drive so it is completely blank ?
Ah, the old how do I
On Sat, 2012-01-28 at 14:46 +, Andy Smith wrote:
Hello,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 10:41:36AM +, Ted Wager wrote:
I used gparted to blank a couple of hdd's that I am getting rid of
however the mbrr was not formatted and they still boot from grub.
Anyone tell me how I format the
On 28 January 2012 16:27, Ted Wager t...@trufflesdad.plus.com wrote:
I am not bothered. abt the data..All I want is for the machine to boot
from the hdd so the buyer can install an os. If they want a Linux system
I will install it but if they want Windows they are on their own.
To install an
On 28 January 2012 16:27, Ted Wager t...@trufflesdad.plus.com wrote:
I am not bothered. abt the data..All I want is for the machine to boot
from the hdd so the buyer can install an os. If they want a Linux system
I will install it but if they want Windows they are on their own.
Use a DOS boot
On 28/01/12 16:34, Colin Law wrote:
To install an OS it is not necessary to boot from hdd, boot from
either linux or windows CD/DVD. If you make the disk completely blank
as you originally asked it will not be able to boot from the hdd as it
will be blank. Colin
I understand the problem.
On 28 January 2012 17:44, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote:
I understand the problem. Windows (any version) refuses to install
unless you try to install to a drive with a valid boot record.
What? No it doesn't!
Depends on the version. I don't think I have ever met a version that
On 28/01/12 16:27, Ted Wager wrote:
On Sat, 2012-01-28 at 14:46 +, Andy Smith wrote:
Hello,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 10:41:36AM +, Ted Wager wrote:
I used gparted to blank a couple of hdd's that I am getting rid of
however the mbrr was not formatted and they still boot from grub.
On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote:
On 28 January 2012 16:27, Ted Wagert...@trufflesdad.plus.com wrote:
I am not bothered. abt the data..All I want is for the machine to boot
from the hdd so the buyer can install an os. If they want a Linux system
I will install it but if they want Windows
On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote:
There are boot floppy images for free download on:
http://www.bootdisk.com/
Free download? The guy seems to want me to pay $4 for any of his
downloads. Could be worth it, but I'll stick with Clonezilla as it
doesn't cost even $1.
Regards,
Hello scoundrel50a,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 06:40:33PM +, scoundrel50a wrote:
What is so wrong about wanting to be able to securely wipe an
hdd.
Nothing. As I stated, a simple single pass of dd is all that's
needed to practically do that, and if you need more than that then
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:10:52
To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] mbr
On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote:
There are boot floppy images for free download on:
http://www.bootdisk.com/
Free download? The guy seems to want
On 28/01/12 17:55, Liam Proven wrote:
On 28 January 2012 17:44, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote:
I understand the problem. Windows (any version) refuses to install
unless you try to install to a drive with a valid boot record.
What? No it doesn't!
Depends on the version. I
On 28/01/12 20:00, thegeeksquad...@ymail.com wrote:
Just curious to know this, as I don't format disks too often, but does
formatting a HD rid it of any bad sectors? I assume not, but I'm a tad
perplexed!
AFAIK the bad sectors on SMART aware drives are re-located and won't be
restored when
On 28/01/12 18:40, scoundrel50a wrote:
On 28/01/12 16:27, Ted Wager wrote:
On Sat, 2012-01-28 at 14:46 +, Andy Smith wrote:
Hello,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 10:41:36AM +, Ted Wager wrote:
I used gparted to blank a couple of hdd's that I am getting rid of
however the mbrr was not
Hi Nick,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 08:00:10PM +, thegeeksquad...@ymail.com wrote:
Just curious to know this, as I don't format disks too often, but does
formatting a HD rid it of any bad sectors? I assume not, but I'm a tad
perplexed!
Not as such. Also it depends what you mean by format.
Hi Paul,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 08:16:19PM +, paul sutton wrote:
On 28/01/12 18:40, scoundrel50a wrote:
What is so wrong about wanting to be able to securely wipe an
hdd.and why do people feel the need to be so condescending
when somebody asks about it...trying to make the
On 28 January 2012 19:02, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote:
On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote:
On 28 January 2012 16:27, Ted Wagert...@trufflesdad.plus.com wrote:
I am not bothered. abt the data..All I want is for the machine to boot
from the hdd so the buyer can install an
On 28 January 2012 19:10, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote:
On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote:
There are boot floppy images for free download on:
http://www.bootdisk.com/
Free download? The guy seems to want me to pay $4 for any of his downloads.
Could be worth it, but
On 28 January 2012 20:00, thegeeksquad...@ymail.com wrote:
Just curious to know this, as I don't format disks too often, but does
formatting a HD rid it of any bad sectors? I assume not, but I'm a tad
perplexed!
No. Bad sectors are a hardware failure.
Quick formatting /can/ in theory
On 28 January 2012 20:10, paul sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote:
Back then you could create a boot disk and boot Linux from that,
Er... You still can...? Or am I missing something?
The machine I'm typing on has 2 versions of Ubuntu, DOS, WinXP and Win7.
it
would then point to the right place on
On 28 January 2012 20:14, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote:
On 28/01/12 20:00, thegeeksquad...@ymail.com wrote:
Just curious to know this, as I don't format disks too often, but does
formatting a HD rid it of any bad sectors? I assume not, but I'm a tad
perplexed!
AFAIK the bad
On 28 January 2012 20:29, Andy Smith a...@bitfolk.com wrote:
Hi Nick,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 08:00:10PM +, thegeeksquad...@ymail.com wrote:
Just curious to know this, as I don't format disks too often, but does
formatting a HD rid it of any bad sectors? I assume not, but I'm a tad
On 28 January 2012 20:31, Andy Smith a...@bitfolk.com wrote:
Hi Paul,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 08:16:19PM +, paul sutton wrote:
On 28/01/12 18:40, scoundrel50a wrote:
What is so wrong about wanting to be able to securely wipe an
hdd.and why do people feel the need to be so
Hi Liam,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 09:24:52PM +, Liam Proven wrote:
Well, in theory, if you paid Kroll Ontrack £LOTS then they claim to be
able to get much or all of the data off a zero-overwritten drive by
meticulously examining the very edge of the tracks for a sort of
magnetic overspill.
On 28/01/12 21:13, Liam Proven wrote:
On 28 January 2012 19:10, Barry Drakeubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote:
On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote:
There are boot floppy images for free download on:
http://www.bootdisk.com/
Free download? �The guy seems to want me to pay $4 for any of his
On 28 January 2012 22:12, Jim Price d1vers...@hotmail.com wrote:
On 28/01/12 21:13, Liam Proven wrote:
On 28 January 2012 19:10, Barry Drakeubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote:
On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote:
There are boot floppy images for free download on:
http://www.bootdisk.com/
On 28 January 2012 22:12, Andy Smith a...@bitfolk.com wrote:
Hi Liam,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 09:24:52PM +, Liam Proven wrote:
Well, in theory, if you paid Kroll Ontrack £LOTS then they claim to be
able to get much or all of the data off a zero-overwritten drive by
meticulously examining
On 28/01/12 22:36, Liam Proven wrote:
On 28 January 2012 22:12, Jim Priced1vers...@hotmail.com wrote:
On 28/01/12 21:13, Liam Proven wrote:
On 28 January 2012 19:10, Barry Drakeubuntu-advertis...@gmx.comwrote:
On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote:
[snippage for brevity]
There are boot
On 28 January 2012 22:58, Jim Price d1vers...@hotmail.com wrote:
On 28/01/12 22:36, Liam Proven wrote:
On 28 January 2012 22:12, Jim Priced1vers...@hotmail.com wrote:
On 28/01/12 21:13, Liam Proven wrote:
On 28 January 2012 19:10, Barry Drakeubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com
wrote:
On
Some of you may remember that I wrote the following a couple of weeks
ago and I received several helpful replies:-
The machine I am writing this on has been playing up for a long, long
time and each time I switch on I wait in trepidation to see whether or
not it will actually boot up. Usually
Hi,
You can run Ubuntu (or any other linux distribution) quite happily
from USB. A lot of people do because they want a more portable
computing environment, but don't have a laptop.
Infact I'm running Ubuntu via USB on my laptop as I write this.â
Ciaran
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I see no problem with this other than you must make sure you do not
accidentally unplug the USB drive while in use as that may result in
dataloss depending on what you are doing.
Just be careful though and all should be ok.
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Fax:
The machine I am writing this on has been playing up for a long, long time and
each time I switch on I wait in trepidation to see whether or not it will
actually boot up. Usually it does but I have to accept that it is coming to
the end of its life.
I have a Windows XP machine, which I've
On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 12:36 +, keith wrote:
The machine I am writing this on has been playing up for a long, long time
and each time I switch on I wait in trepidation to see whether or not it will
actually boot up. Usually it does but I have to accept that it is coming to
the end of
Hi Guys,
This may sound like a silly question but will the GRUB boot loader only
allow you to configure to dual boot if multiple OS's are installed on the
one HDD.
Regards,
Jai
2009/2/3 Dave Morley davm...@davmor2.co.uk
On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 12:36 +, keith wrote:
The machine I am
On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 12:55 +, Jamie Pow wrote:
Hi Guys,
This may sound like a silly question but will the GRUB boot loader
only allow you to configure to dual boot if multiple OS's are
installed on the one HDD.
Regards,
Jai
Yeap :)
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And does that a) I asked a silly question or b) That GRUB only allows
configuration for multiple OS's on the one hard drvie.
Regards,
Jai
2009/2/3 Dave Morley davm...@davmor2.co.uk
On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 12:55 +, Jamie Pow wrote:
Hi Guys,
This may sound like a silly question but
No you can have OS's installed on a number of hdds and grub will
multiple boot them all
Kev
Dave Morley wrote:
On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 12:55 +, Jamie Pow wrote:
Hi Guys,
This may sound like a silly question but will the GRUB boot loader
only allow you to configure to dual boot if
cheers for the info
2009/2/3 keith ke...@grumpyface.me.uk
Thanks for the reply Dave.
Not yet having opened the other machine I don't know how much room there
will be to rummage around in it. Presumably there's then the question of
fiddling about with the dip switches.
Still I'll
On 03/02/2009 13:06, keith wrote:
Thanks for the reply Dave.
Not yet having opened the other machine I don't know how much room there will
be to rummage around in it. Presumably there's then the question of fiddling
about with the dip switches.
Still I'll certainly consider what you say
Grub can be configured to boot an OS from a separate hard drive. I did
this when upgrading my hard drive, I put the old drive in on another
SATA port and the new drive on the first SATA port. I then installed
Ubuntu and configured Grub to boot Ubuntu from the old drive. Can't
remember
snip
I have a machine with 2 SATA drives, Ubuntu on one and Windows on the
other, which will boot into Ubuntu unless Esc is pressed at the start of
booting. The additions to menu.lst must be recorded somewhere and I will
try to find them.
Here it is :-
At the very end of menu.lst
title
ah! so A) then lol
2009/2/3 Kev ubu...@talktalk.net
No you can have OS's installed on a number of hdds and grub will
multiple boot them all
Kev
Dave Morley wrote:
On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 12:55 +, Jamie Pow wrote:
Hi Guys,
This may sound like a silly question but will the GRUB
Thanks for the reply Dave.
Not yet having opened the other machine I don't know how much room there will
be to rummage around in it. Presumably there's then the question of fiddling
about with the dip switches.
Still I'll certainly consider what you say when I get round to doing the deed.
On 03/02/2009 13:00, Jamie Pow wrote:
And does that a) I asked a silly question or b) That GRUB only allows
configuration for multiple OS's on the one hard drvie.
Regards,
Jai
Grub can be configured to boot an OS from a separate hard drive. I did
this when upgrading my hard drive, I put
On 03/12/2007, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 03:34:36PM +, norman wrote:
snip
It should be sda1 for the first SATA drive and byte size is usually
before count.
Now I am puzzled, I always the first drive was xxx0 and not xxx1. Ah
well, live and
On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 03:34:36PM +, norman wrote:
snip
It should be sda1 for the first SATA drive and byte size is usually
before count.
Now I am puzzled, I always the first drive was xxx0 and not xxx1. Ah
well, live and learn. Thanks.
Partition numbers start at 1 under Linux;
As a result of my research into the complete removal of the MBR I came
across the following command:-
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1
I have 2 questions and I would be grateful for answers, please. Firstly,
as I have only one hdd and that is a SATA drive, should I substitute
sda0 for
You would change hda1 to sda0 I would think bs=512 comes first but don't
know for sure.
Regards,
Daniel
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To: ubuntu-uk
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] mbr removal command
You would change hda1 to sda0 I would think bs=512 comes first but don't
know for sure.
Thank you.
Norman
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Hi Norman,
On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 10:51 +, norman wrote:
As a result of my research into the complete removal of the MBR I came
across the following command:-
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1
I have 2 questions and I would be grateful for answers, please. Firstly,
as I have
snip
It should be sda1 for the first SATA drive and byte size is usually
before count.
Now I am puzzled, I always the first drive was xxx0 and not xxx1. Ah
well, live and learn. Thanks.
Norman
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norman wrote:
As a result of my research into the complete removal of the MBR I came
across the following command:-
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1
I have 2 questions and I would be grateful for answers, please. Firstly,
as I have only one hdd and that is a SATA drive, should I
You just substitute /dev/hda1 for the device you want, but I would
have thought it'd be more like /dev/sda if you want to wipe the MBR..
Also the order of the options to dd does not matter.
The object is to wipe the MBR and I assume it is the sda part which is
relevant in this case.
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