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What is a disk "muppet"?

This means that the disk is bad. Replace the disk or you will eventually lose data if you continue to use it.

You have the right file, just burn it. Look for a menu option that says "burn". Past that, read the documentation for your burning software or contact the vendor for support.

Go to the DBAN home page and download the "CD-R/CD-RW version". You cannot burn the IMA file. You must burn the ISO file as an image without changing it.

This will happen until you reinstall an operating system to the hard disk. This problem often happens with burned CD-R media. Obtain genuine stamped Microsoft Windows installation media and use it instead. For further assistance, mention in your next message the Microsoft part number from...

Run a quick wipe and post the log file.

Run a quick wipe and post the log file.

The defaults are safe.

Follow the link to LOADLIN from the FAQ

No, DevFS is being phased out and DBAN is a corner case. If you use "debug" or "shell" at the boot prompt, then DBAN will start into a share. If you have some familiarity with shell commands, then you might be able to get information from /proc or /dev.

Try the dban-1.0.6 release. Note that the Nvidia nForce 4 chipset is poorly supported, and that the disk is likely running without DMA.

I was mistaken. The current release uses DevFS names, not traditional device nodes. Try something like "/dev/discs/disc0" or "/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc" instead. YMMV. Be aware that you could easily wipe the wrong disc.

Yes, put the unix device name in the nuke parameter. For example: nuke="dwipe --autonuke --method dod522022m /dev/hda" Where /dev/hda is the first enumerated disk. Note that unix device names do not always correspond to drive letters in Microsoft Windows, so you might wipe the wrong...

This means that the DBAN PPC is incompatible with your computer. Its compatibility seems to be narrow. Try the disk wipe program that comes on recent Mac OS X installation media.

DBAN does not have the HMG or Schneier methods. They would be easy to implement, but I have not received any such enhancement requests.

The nForce2 chipset in the A7N8X motherboard should be compatible with DBAN, although slow. It is likely that you have bad memory in the computer. Get the diagnostic from http://www.memtest86.com/ and run it on the computer.

Not soon, if at all. I do not know about any other packaged solution. It is likely that your best choice would be to build something yourself from existing open source tools.

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dban/dban-1.0.6_i386.iso?download Setting this option will break DBAN. Use default burning options. Open the ISO file as an image and burn it. Do not create a new layout. If afterwards you see only one file on the CD-R disc, then it has been burned...

If the recovery DVD is bootable, then it will likely install Microsoft Windows XP after DBAN runs. If you provide manufacturer and model information about your computer, then somebody might be able to provide insight. If your computer can boot from the DVD before running DBAN, then it will...

Restore media for Microsoft Windows 98 is not always bootable. The best solution would be to find another Windows 98 disc that is bootable. If you wiped the computer with the CD-R version of DBAN, then you know that the computer can indeed boot from the CD-ROM drive.