From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NMoX5-0004aD-Uz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:07:08 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A2A6FE05DB; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:06:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pw0-f47.google.com (mail-pw0-f47.google.com [209.85.160.47]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77B90E05DB for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:06:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwi1 with SMTP id 1so3929684pwi.26 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:06:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=GOjr8RQ93K0pgTNU10uIAyKlvhhk4mDQmB0pDxZJnZU=; b=grOXZNt+F/WtSzdeAJxx89+Uz7qL4vjPphhwJO8laigw8i8+W8fLwOIfHV5rhsMGSV 5N4iPGCO0FoNEAraG+01VtJMLApsUHzJdcc13u0H+167fN2eF9goCi/goehq9Y/NzZb1 5fGqzVtw9TsIBzmjZrfilvJ8qmGVXUIfU3Olc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=SSq5WhikyCq04Yx8xWmiT13jVzv7j+aMFA2AoWdKjMZjyDS4oiueYA32x+ZYHwCTfy WTJTCNycMwiNppOUc0LFhIYxh06WtkUdM8QC+6yMXZOBKtjsUlaUBYRi8Th3Bz5ZQ5SV k5DbNHog221H5GLZp+R2mKKizhRj3P4tSGcO4= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.141.15.4 with SMTP id s4mr5409939rvi.200.1261426013922; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:06:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B2FCEAC.8000105@gmail.com> References: <49bf44f10912181758q15cb100k87bb42634d799cee@mail.gmail.com> <20091219105915.1c9bc778@digimed.co.uk> <49bf44f10912190850x91498c0r397e6034d0454f9e@mail.gmail.com> <1261248443.17869.5.camel@centar> <49bf44f10912201356n4bdb055ave6a0253efdf7a239@mail.gmail.com> <20091220233005.GA25658@princeton.edu> <49bf44f10912210901s1613e10bo6b91839cf47a84e0@mail.gmail.com> <20091221183131.GA19697@princeton.edu> <4B2FCEAC.8000105@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:06:53 -0800 Message-ID: <49bf44f10912211206v63d13450i73e2229c2c198225@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Preparing a laptop for sale From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 1906c7d1-9d36-4651-9f5d-d4045e3722f5 X-Archives-Hash: f96f4a95fb07321fdeff6cd5fa58d2b4 >>> New problem: Booted into DSLinux, my HD does not appear so I can't >>> wipe it. =A0blkid and fdisk -l only show the USB stick assigned to >>> /dev/sda which is how I accidentally wiped it in the first place. >>> I'll try another distro on the USB stick. >>> >> >> If DSLinux is what I think it is, it may have been (on hindsight) >> rather obvious that it may not support the block device your system HD >> is on or the filesystem used. The DS, afterall, has fairly predictable >> hardware. >> Something like DBAN or SysResCD will have a better chance of >> supporting a wider array of hardware. >> Cheers, >> W >> > > I'm not sure if he is wanting to just use this to wipe the drive and then= be > done with it or what but couldn't he just put the Gentoo CD image on the > stick and boot that up? =A0Would that work? =A0It has the dd command I th= ink and > would most likely recognize his hardware as well. The problem with that is there doesn't seem to be a Gentoo ISO which will fit on a 512MB USB key. I tried to make it work once and failed. The other thing is going through the entire Gentoo installation just to sell the laptop. I'm not sure if the graphical installer is working these days. - Grant