Boot Image Descriptions

Many of these Boot Images were used to create bootable thumb drives using the dd command.

The Ubuntu Desktop thumb drives were created with the Startup Disk Creator, which will reportedly work with any debian-based iso.


SystemRescue 7.01 64bit version (amd64)

SystemRescue Download Page

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The 20.04.1 LTS version of Ubuntu, for desktop PCs and laptops.

Download Ubuntu Desktop

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SystemRescue 7.01 32bit version (i686)

SystemRescue Download Page

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Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN)

Darik's Boot and Nuke on Sourceforge.net

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nwipe command via the UPupBB 32-bit

Image, instructions, and other information, here.

This is deprecated. It did the job, let's see if we prefer one of the SystemRescue options, in the future. By default, this image boots using a different keyboard layout, possibly in Finnish. It is recommended to get things reconfigured to the appropriate locale settings before attempting nwipe.

Sourceforge page for UPupBB

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Parted Magic

Parted Magic

Note: Parted Magic is not free. John purchased a license for the sole purpose of wiping SSDs. It is an interesting product, and licenses start at $11.

This is an interesting article on SSDs. You might skim it. It recommends Parted Magic and also provides other possibilities.

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