AFAIK, If the system is powered completely off for 10 seconds or more, any bits set in RAM lose their voltage which wipes it clean. I guess if you had to, pull the power cord and hope they can't get to it before everything discharges
[email protected]: > intrigeri, > > > I have a non-UEFI desktop system, that has the same memory wipe issue with > Tails 2.4 on a USB flash drive, so, the issue in NOT one that only affects > UEFI boot as you mention below. > > > Tom > > > On 07/18/16, intrigeri wrote: > > Ashutosh Mishra wrote (04 Jul 2016 13:17:47 GMT) : >> First of all a very big and hearty thank you for creating such an >> Great OS. > > Thank you :) > >> Whenever I shut down Tails the memory wipe screen appears with the usual >> message *"if system doesn't shut down in few seconds it means memory wipe >> has failed". *And it remains like that forever meanwhile my MacBook keeps >> making successive beeping noise along with flashing breathing LED. > > That's a known issue: see "Tails fails to completely shutdown or > restart" on https://tails.boum.org/support/known_issues/ > >> Though when running tails from intermediate USB stick the MacBook shuts >> down completely along with asterisk signs displayed. > > Yes, this problem only affects UEFI boot as far as I know. > >> My actual question is >> that do I need to worry about memory not being wiped completely? > > It may indeed be the case that it's not wiped completely. I doubt it > personally, but you can't be 100% certain without actually verifying > it, so better assume the worst case. > >> IF yes what measures can I take for proper wiping of memory. > > I'm sorry I have no good answer to that, unless you're up to fixing > the root cause of this problem in Tails :/ > _______________________________________________ > tails-support mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-support > To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to > [email protected]. > _______________________________________________ > tails-support mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-support > To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to > [email protected]. > _______________________________________________ tails-support mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-support To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to [email protected].
