2nd HD

quietguy47 · 04-28-2003, 07:00 AM

I have an old hd laying around collecting dust and was thinking I might put it back in and become a distro whore.

I'm fairly certain that linux won't even hiccup when it see's the new drive(except it has Slack 8.1 already on it.) Should I wipe it before I install it? What is a good method for wiping a hd? And what should I put on it? I'm not a fan of RH or Mandrake.

acid_kewpie · 04-28-2003, 07:05 AM

shouldn't need to clear it or anything, just remove the existing partitions during install. as for which one, please search this site for thoughts and opinions

quietguy47 · 04-28-2003, 07:35 AM

Should I arrange them as master/slave? Or single?

acid_kewpie · 04-28-2003, 07:37 AM

? well if you want to use them both, then ojne will need to be a slave...

whansard · 04-28-2003, 08:14 AM

you run dd if=/dev/zero of=/drivedevice
10 times, so the fbi can't recover your kiddie porn and
receipts for weapons and explosives. or if=/dev/random
apparently they can recover it up to being written over 8
times. or you can write over it exactly 8 times, just to
screw with them. they'll keep thinking they've found
something good, then find out they can't recover it.

quietguy47 · 04-28-2003, 09:16 AM

I'm going to put FreeBSD 4.8 on it.

quietguy47 · 04-28-2003, 09:19 AM

Quote:

you run dd if=/dev/zero of=/drivedevice
10 times, so the fbi can't recover your kiddie porn and
receipts for weapons and explosives. or if=/dev/random
apparently they can recover it up to being written over 8
times. or you can write over it exactly 8 times, just to
screw with them. they'll keep thinking they've found
something good, then find out they can't recover it.

I keep all that on a computer chained to a power transformer at the top of a light pole.