Re: usb boot 4 hard drive wipe

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From: duckstandard
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:21

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Alec Lourmier wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 19:23:49 -0800 (PST), duckstandard
> <duckstand@lavabit.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi, I am looking for a simple way to make a bootable USB drive that
> >will be able to use a utility to wipe harddrives.
>
> Try DBAN: <http://www.dban.org/>
>
> The installer should allow installing to a USB flash drive.
>

Thanks, I guess my issue was finding something that makes the USB
bootable, but I guess I will find out. Thanks.

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Subject: Re: usb boot 4 hard drive wipe
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