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>>> New problem: Booted into DSLinux, my HD does not appear so I can't |
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>>> wipe it. blkid and fdisk -l only show the USB stick assigned to |
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>>> /dev/sda which is how I accidentally wiped it in the first place. |
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>>> I'll try another distro on the USB stick. |
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>> If DSLinux is what I think it is, it may have been (on hindsight) |
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>> rather obvious that it may not support the block device your system HD |
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>> is on or the filesystem used. The DS, afterall, has fairly predictable |
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>> hardware. |
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>> Something like DBAN or SysResCD will have a better chance of |
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>> supporting a wider array of hardware. |
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>> Cheers, |
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>> W |
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> I'm not sure if he is wanting to just use this to wipe the drive and then be |
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> done with it or what but couldn't he just put the Gentoo CD image on the |
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> stick and boot that up? Would that work? It has the dd command I think and |
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> would most likely recognize his hardware as well. |
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The problem with that is there doesn't seem to be a Gentoo ISO which |
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will fit on a 512MB USB key. I tried to make it work once and failed. |
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The other thing is going through the entire Gentoo installation just |
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to sell the laptop. I'm not sure if the graphical installer is |
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working these days. |
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- Grant |
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