From ba4b7c26ec3e96bd9b58bcc10166e784d964f9e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Firminator Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2021 19:12:29 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md clean up lost hdparm paragraph and some wording changes. --- README.md | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b068220cca..0670ed08ef 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ disks using the program [nwipe](https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe). I ShredOS supports either 32bit or 64bit processors. You will need to download the appropriate 64bit or 32bit .img or .iso file, depending upon your target processor and whether you want to burn ShredOS to a USB memory stick, in which case you would download the .img file. Alternatively, if you wanted to burn ShredOS to CD/DVD, then you would download the .iso file. -Shredos includes the latest Nwipe official release, but in addition includes other disc related utilities such as Smartmontools, hdparm and a hexeditor [hexedit](https://linux.die.net/man/1/hexedit). Nwipe automatically starts it's GUI in the first virtual terminal (ALT-F1), hdparm, smartmontools and hexeditor can be run in the second virtual terminal, (ALT-F2). Nwipe will erase drives using a user selectable choice of seven methods. hdparm, amongst many of its options can be used for wiping a drive by using the drives internal firmware. The program loadkeys can be used for setting the keyboard type. i.e. loadkeys uk, loadkeys fr etc. +ShredOS includes the latest Nwipe official release, but in addition includes other disc related utilities such as Smartmontools, hdparm, a hexeditor [hexedit](https://linux.die.net/man/1/hexedit), and, the program loadkeys which can be used for [setting the keyboard layout](https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.2020.02/blob/master/README.md#how-to-set-the-keyboard-map-using-the-loadkeys-command-see-here-for-persistent-change-between-reboots). Nwipe automatically starts it's GUI in the first virtual terminal (ALT-F1), hdparm, smartmontools and hexeditor can be run in the second virtual terminal, (ALT-F2). Nwipe will erase drives using a user selectable choice of seven methods. hdparm - amongst many of its options - can be used for wiping a drive by [issueing ATA erase commands to the drive's internal firmware](https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase). This is a planned feature addition to nwipe. ShredOS boots very quickly and depending upon the host system can boot in as little as 2 seconds (typically 4 to 6 seconds) on modern hardware, while on an old Pentium4 may take 40+ seconds. Nwipe automatically starts in GUI mode and will list the disks present on the host system. In fact, Nwipe can launch so fast that the USB devices have not yet initialised so the first time nwipe appears it may not show any USB drives. If you then use Control-C to exit and restart nwipe, you should now see any attached USB devices. You can then select the methods by which you want to securely erase the disk/s. Nwipe is able to simultanuosly wipe multiple disks using a threaded software architecture. I have simultaneously wiped 28 loop devices in tests and know of instances where it's been used to wipe upwards of 10 drives on a system. @@ -249,8 +249,6 @@ Examples are: (qwerty:) bashkir, bg-cp1251, bg-cp855, bg_bds-cp1251, bg_bds-utf8, bg_pho-cp1251, ... by, cf, cz, dk, es, et, fi, gr, il, it, jp106, kazakh, la-latin1, lt, lv, mk, nl, nl2, no, pc110, pl, ro, ru, sk-qwerty, sr-cy, sv-latin1, ua, uk, us (for the full list see /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty) -- hdparm is also available for those that want to do a firmware supported wipe. A firmware wipe is a planned enhancement to nwipe. - ## How to make a persistent change to keyboard maps The default grub.cfg looks like this ```