EDITING THE SYSLINUX.CFG FILE

[herman]

Hi all

If I want to set the config file to only make one pass, can i delete all the other labels and the code that follows in the syslinux.cfg file so that the only one left is:
LABEL zero
KERNEL kernel.bzi
APPEND initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram0 init=/rc quiet nuke="dwipe --autonuke --method zero"

What is the difference between this one and the dodshort one?

Thanks.

 

[dajhorn]

Just change the DEFAULT option. You risk a mistake by making unecessary changes to the configuration file.

The 'zero' method fills the device with zeros, whereas the 'dodshort' method writes patterns to the device in three passes. If you want more specific details, then check the dwipe source code.