On 10/30/22 7:51 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > Hi All, > > I have an upcoming appointment with a customer > who wants a number of his old computers > (mostly iMacs) removed from service. > > With other computers, if I can remove the > drives, I just remove them and give them > to the customer to hit with a hammer. > > But iMacs I will need a glass puller, etc.. Hey, UGH, I wish Apple just let you get access from the back and replace the drive yourself. Alas, they "need" (read: want) "a trained professional" to do it. > So what I usually do when I can not get the > drive out is to boot into a Linux (Fedora) > Live USB and run > > # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd[x] > > > Where sd[x] is the drive to be blanked. > This will write 0x00H across every section > of the drive. > > Then give it to the computer local charity used > computer store (or the dumpster) > > "dev" only has to see the drive. I do not > need or want to be able to mount or read > the drive, just see it. dd is a block > device and does not care what format is. > > Do any of you guys know if I will be able > to see the drive on a iMac? > Not an iMac, but I've been able to see the drive of my (Late 2014) Mac mini in my live environment. Should come right up in the disk utility, unless something has changed or your client has it configured differently. LMK if you have any other questions and I'd be willing to test them for you. Cheers, -srw _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
