Wiping hard drive with dban on Linux Lite 2 OS?

john9159 · 07-21-2015, 09:39 AM

I have Linux Lite installed and have burned dban on a CD.
I've tried to run dban on start up (F2 etc) but get a message saying "no burners installed".
Why is this and how can I solve it? I've tried installing XBURN butnothing happens.
ps - I thought burning was the process of creating a disc with something on it, which I have already done.

JZL240I-U · 07-21-2015, 09:57 AM

For what it is worth, I use F12 to display the BIOS-boot menu. Or is this an error of dban?

beachboy2 · 07-21-2015, 10:42 AM

john9159,

Welcome to LQ.

In order to get Xfburn working you may first need to go into Terminal and installed Restricted Extras:

Code:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Why do you need to use DBAN in particular?

Could you not download and burn a gParted .iso onto a disk from:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/

If on the other hand you are trying to totally wipe a disk securely then you need something other than DBAN.

John VV · 07-21-2015, 03:34 PM

Quote:

I have Linux Lite installed and have burned dban on a CD.

how exactly did you do this ?

copy / paste ?
dd ?
burn iso as a IMAGE ?
make a data dvd ?
-- OTHER ?