For *really* old machines DBAN 1.0.7 can be installed to floppy and it works just as well.<br><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/dban/files/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/dban/files/</a><br><br>I wipe several machines at once this way, and it meets DOD requirements.<br>
<br>-B<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:26 PM, John Lengeling <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:John.Lengeling@radisys.com">John.Lengeling@radisys.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">> Yes it can. The only thing it wants to do after it starts is to write<br>
> back a result file, which only works using the floppy version anyway.<br>
> John, I third (or forth?) the vote for DBAN. It's quick, easy, OSS,<br>
> will parallelize the wiping,<br>
<br>
</div>Thanks for the pointer to DBAN. Already running it on a few PCs...Damn<br>
dead CDROM drives. Going to have to get DBAN on USB drive.<br>
<br>
For any kind of shredding needs, I have used this place:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.shipnshred.com/home/index.php" target="_blank">https://www.shipnshred.com/home/index.php</a><br>
<br>
Just put them in a box and print a FedEx label. When I last used them a<br>
couple of years ago, they said that they don't even open up the box.<br>
Which makes sense.<br>
<br>
johnl<br>
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