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DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.

Features of Dariks Boot and Nuke (DBAN) 2.0:

· Rapid deployment in emergency situations.
· Easy. Start the computer with DBAN and press the ENTER key.
· Safe. Irrecoverable data destruction. Prevents most forensic data recovery techniques.

What's New in Dariks Boot and Nuke (DBAN) 2.0 :

· New feature: USB Drivers
· New feature: Flash Drivers
· New feature: Firewire IEEE 1394 Drivers
· New feature: Post-wipe disk formatting.
· New feature: Post-wipe boot splash for i386.
· New feature: Apple Mac PPC platform support.
· New feature: Sun SPARC platform support.
· Buildroot upgrade.
· Linux 2.6.23 upgrade.
· uClibc 0.9.29 upgrade.
· Busybox 1.9.0 upgrade.
· Modularized kernel.
· Added init process.
· Added virtual consoles.
· Added mtools for filesystem access.
· Added lshw hardware manifest reporting.
· Added smartmontools.
· Added SAN sector reblocking.
· Added yaboot PPC loader.
· Removed kernel partition support.
· Removed kernel filesystem support.
· Changed log file format to XML.
· Changed log file archive to ZIP.
· Preliminary HP PA-RISC platform support.
· Preliminary IBM pSeries platform support.
· Preliminary Cisco generic platform support.