Todd Denniston wrote: > m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote, On 08/27/2010 10:57 AM: >> m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >>> I'm trying to nuke a Dell Optiplex GX620. I've got a perfectly good >>> dban >>> 1.0.4 that I've used a bunch of times... but on this machine, it says >>> starting, then dies, saying "dban has finished with non-fatal errors. >>> Check the log for more information" It never gets to the interactive >>> menu. <snip> >> Well, my manager actually had some CDs - dban.org only has .iso's for >> CDs, which I don't know enough to make work with a DVD, so I d/l and burned >> the new one, 2.2.6 beta, and it's working now. Interesting... before the <snip>> >> Oh, and I *do* have to do at DOD full sanitization: I work at a US gov't >> agency, and the machine's being surplused.... > > Suggestion, check with your local DRMO (or whatever they are calling > themselves now) representative and make sure that you are allowed to send > any hard drive with the machine at *ALL*. Not my problem - I'm not with DoD, I'm under HHS, and we've got PII and PHI info. I was told, when I started, that this was acceptable. Actually, I was introduced to dban here. mark