[olug] newb question/distro recommendation

[Jay Swackhamer]

Hello,

If you need to scrub the drives completely, you could use one of the tools
on the Ultimate boot cd - http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/. Recommended for
any machines with sensitive data.

If you just need a general removal of data, a reformat/install would be
clean enough for 90% of the people that might come in contact with the
machines.

For a quick install with good auto-detect, with the caveat that you need
at least a 2.1gig Hard drive, would be Knoppix hard drive install. You
should be able to install one machine and either
a. clone across the network using a knoppix boot cd & cpio

b. put the HD's in the first machine and use the clone Util on the UltbootCD

c. boot from a knoppix cd with both drives in one machine and
   dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb (or whatever the drive devices are)


> Hello and TIA,
>
> I am going to be decommissioning a few Game and Parks computers tomorrow,
> which entails a scrub of the hard drive.
>
> What I would like to do is install a lightweight distro that will install
> quickly and do a decent job of recognizing older hardware.  I'm sure some
> of
> the machines will be too old, but I want to try this on as many of them as
> possible (a bonus for whoever bids on them at the surplus auction).
>
> So, I have two newb grade questions - would you feel this will
> sufficiently
> scrub the hard drive, and what distro would you recommend?
>
> Thanks,
> John
> =======
> John Moran, MCP, MOS
> I.T. Infrastructure Support Analyst
> Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
> Division of State Parks
> email: jmoran at ngpc.state.ne.us
> Phone: 402.471.1643
> Fax  : 402.471.5528
>
> =======
> John Moran, MCP, MOS
> I.T. Infrastructure Support Analyst
> Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
> Division of State Parks
> email: jmoran at ngpc.state.ne.us
> Phone: 402.471.1643
> Fax  : 402.471.5528
>
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