On Tue, 2011-03-29 at 23:23 +0200, intrigeri wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Marco A. Calamari wrote (29 Mar 2011 12:35:13 GMT) :
> >> Isn't the following message prepended? It should be.
...
> Argh, on most systems I tried it the new system powered the computer
> off after wiping the memory. Sure, in case it does not manage to, the
> existing message is not sufficient.
>
> In any case, when your system hangs with no feedback on screen, you
> cannot be sure it has wiped the memory indeed. It is inevitable some
> systems won't work for reasons we cannot do that much about ourselves
> (kernel bugs, mostly), so we need to take this usecase into account.
>
> With that in mind, which may be new to you, how would you phrase an
> appropriate message?
Beware that if your pc doesn't power off automatically in few
second, the wiping may be incomplete due to non compatible hardware.
Attenzione, se vostro pc non si spegnera' automaticamente in pochi
secondi la cancellazione della memoria putrebbe essere incompleta a
causa di un hardware non compatibile.
> Thanks, applied the three first lines to the devel branch. We'll see
> what the last one must be once the above question founds an answer.
I have the cd labal available in pdf format (1MB). Sould I post it
here or send it somewhere else?
Ciao. Marco
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