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task #14114: Submission of devparanoia

Submitter:  David Hedlund <beloved>
Submitted:  Tue 09 Aug 2016 01:53:30 PM UTC
   
 
Should Start On:  Mon 08 Aug 2016 10:00:00 PM UTC Should be Finished on:  Thu 18 Aug 2016 10:00:00 PM UTC
Category:  Project Approval Priority:  * 5 - Normal
Status:  Done Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  hlam Open/Closed:  Closed
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Mon 15 Aug 2016 05:13:08 PM UTC, comment #3: 

David, thanks.  The project should be approved now.  Do let me know if you have any problems at all.

Best of luck with the project and all best wishes.

Hugh

-X- <hlam>
Mon 15 Aug 2016 04:40:31 PM UTC, comment #2: 

It is safe to try the script.

Just run ./devparanoia within the directory.

I have included the license as you requested so I hope it is ok now.

All the best.

David Hedlund <beloved>
Tue 09 Aug 2016 06:59:48 PM UTC, comment #1: 

David, thank you for submitting.  What a great idea!

The only problem I can see is that the license needs to be included in the tarball.  If you could please update the tarball and upload once more, I will have another look.

Best wishes

Hugh

-X- <hlam>
Tue 09 Aug 2016 01:53:30 PM UTC, original submission:  

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Registration Details


  • Name: devparanoia
  • System Name:  devparanoia
  • Type: non-GNU software and documentation
  • License: GNU General Public License v3 or later





Description:

Startup Disc Creator have a device selector so you can manage your device with confidence. But there are some problems with Startup Disc Creator:
2) It is graphical.
1) It is not very stable.

If Startup Disc Creator or other GUI tools cannot be used you will most likely end up using dd.

The problem with dd is:
1) It is not an interactive tool.
2) "BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL if you use the dd command, since a small typo can make all of the data on your disk useless. - man sfdisk"

devparanoia is used to securely select the proper device before it is being managed. devparanoia ensure that:
1) The device do not contain the mounted root partition.
2) That the device type match your requirement (USB for example).
3) That the device is unmounted.

I don't know any software that can do this. If you know any please let me know.


Other Software Required:

bash
dd



Tarball URL:

http://savannah.gnu.org/submissions_uploads/devparanoia.sh.tar.gz


David Hedlund <beloved>

 

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