Comments on: DBAN: Another open source application wins me over http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/dban-another-open-source-application-wins-me-over/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/dban-another-open-source-application-wins-me-over/#comment-38231 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:44:23 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/dban-another-open-source-application-wins-me-over/#comment-38231 Once DBAN is loaded into memory you can remove that floppy, so no, I doubt it would blank itself out. It also keeps an option to write a report to floppy, so I don’t think it will erase the floppy. Double-check the home page though.

By the way, you can also use it via ISO, which is my preferred method. It fits quite easily onto a business card-sized CD.

]]> By: Chris http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/dban-another-open-source-application-wins-me-over/#comment-38230 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:16:15 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/dban-another-open-source-application-wins-me-over/#comment-38230 Hi, I’m just about to use DBAN, I have been assured that it is extremely effective, and data recovery that even the profeesionals and government agencies use cannot pick up data that has been wiped. Now I don’t know if that is true but it seems damn impressive to me, just one thing though, if you use the autonuke option (I understand DBAN works of a floppy) would it take out the data on the floppy?

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/dban-another-open-source-application-wins-me-over/#comment-20678 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:54:22 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/dban-another-open-source-application-wins-me-over/#comment-20678 bodhi.zazen assures me it’s still alive, even if it seems stalled. I know their plan was to wait for Gutsy for their next release. Still, it’s never reassuring when an entire forum disappears and there hasn’t been an update to the home page in over a month. That’s what Ubuntulite did at first (although it has sparked back to life), and Lowarch is doing, and. … :(

]]> By: Danny http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/dban-another-open-source-application-wins-me-over/#comment-20677 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:36:48 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/dban-another-open-source-application-wins-me-over/#comment-20677 Where you are, it might be a bit difficult. Then again, I have absolutely no clue about what is available where you are.

I just used an almost dead celeron machine, and a powersupply I wouldn’t really need for much else. That power supply wasn’t enough. You will need at least a 300 watter. 250 is bare minimum for a Dban machine. At first, I didn’t think about the hard disc wattages.

Any word from the Fluxbuntu people?

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/dban-another-open-source-application-wins-me-over/#comment-20574 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:15:16 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/dban-another-open-source-application-wins-me-over/#comment-20574 That is AWESOME. I would love to build one of those. :mrgreen:

]]> By: Danny http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/dban-another-open-source-application-wins-me-over/#comment-20569 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:09:04 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/dban-another-open-source-application-wins-me-over/#comment-20569 I used to use Killdisk too, but I misplaced it and tried Dban. Haven’t gone back since. I made a Dban machine, like the one Free Geek Vancover made:
http://freegeekvancouver.org/en/v/equipment/

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