v2021.08.2_23_x86-64_0.34
| Buildroot Version | Kernel Version | Shredos Minor version | Architecture | Nwipe Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021.08.2 | 5.13.19 | 023 | x86-64 | 0.34 |
Other software versions used within ShredOS for disc related operations
| hexedit | hdparm | Smartctl |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | 9.62 | 7.2 |
WARNING Issue booting?
There have been some reports that this version of ShredOS won't boot correctly, i.e the nwipe program doesn't get displayed. If you experience this problem please review this discussion #133 where a procedure for logging into ShredOS via the ethernet connection is explained and running the dmesg command and reviewing the kernel message log, with a quick solution being to simply add nomodeset or variations of that command, depending on the graphics card, to the kernel command line in the two grub.cfg files on the USB stick. These problems appear to be caused by missing AMD and intel firmware. I'll shortly be updating ShredOS with the firmware and providing a .img of the development code for testing.
Notable changes in this release - ShredOS
- Added auto archive of the nwipe log files to the ShredOS USB stick or any other FAT32 formatted device. Currently if multiple FAT32 partitions are found the first one will always be used. This shouldn't be an issue for the vast majority of people, however this can be enhanced at a later date if anybody finds they have multiple FAT32 partitions on their system that allows selection of a specific partition.
- Added the Fusion mptsas drivers to fix non recognised LSISAS1068E and similiar controllers.
- Added the DRM drivers for Radeon, AMD, Nouveau, I915, GMA500, UDL and ACPI changes as first introduced in the earlier pre-release v2021.08.2_22_x86-64_0.32.023. For hardware & bios that support sleep and wake, this will allow ShredOS to send the hardware to sleep for a few seconds and in doing so power down the disks to 'unfreeze' the disc and then wake the system so that a secure erase can be initiated. Nwipe 0.34 doesn't currently support this but I'm hoping to update nwipe 0.35 with this feature. In the meantime you should be able to use hdparm & rtcwake in ShredOS's 2nd virtial terminal (ALT F2) to perform secure erase within ShredOS using the disc drive's own internal firmware.
- Added LCD drivers for L4F00242T03, LMS283GF05.
- Added backlight control for KTD253 and GPIO
- Added ethernet firmware for Broadcom NetXtreme-Tigon3, Broadcom NetXtremeII, Chelsio T4, Chelsio T5, Intel e100 825xx, Microchip VSC85xx PHYs, QLogic FastLinQ 4xxxx, Realtek 8169. Also added Qlogic 2xxxx fibre channel adapter firmware.
- Increased the vfat disk size to 80000000 bytes to accommodate the recently added Ethernet firmware. This leaves about 2.7Mbyte free in the VFAT partition so if you are planning on copying a lot of large files to the ShredOS USB drive you may want to expand the partition. Nwipe log files are typically 3-5KBytes in size so the limited space should not be a problem now that ShredOS auto archives the log files to USB FAT32 partitions.
Notable changes in this release - Nwipe
- Fixes a spurious message on screen if you abort nwipe before a wipe has started. martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe#406
- Fixes drive temperature updating in drive selection window martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe#407
- Fixes 100% CPU usage when using a konsole based terminal. This won't normally be relevant to ShredOS which doesn't use the konsole terminal but may be relevant if you are using telnet and a konsole terminal to log in to ShredOS remotely on your local area network. martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe#408
- Fixes nwipe not exiting when using a konsole terminal. See previous change regarding relevance to ShredOS. martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe#409
- Fixes a obscure segfault when --logfile option used. martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe#410
Note
- The .img file for writing to a USB flash drive is both legacy (bios) and UEFI bootable.
- The .iso file for CD-R/DVD-R is legacy bootable only. Will be UEFI bootable on a future release.
Download Counters
| Architecture/format | Download link |
|---|---|
| x86-64 .img for USB | |
| x86-64 .iso for CD/DVD | |
| 32bit .img for USB | |
| 32bit .iso for CD/DVD |
64bit .img for modern Intel & compatible processors post Pentium 4.
sha1 5b412dafcc6e1fb32b859e25e05a07b19f490b72 shredos-2021.08.2_23_x86-64_0.34_20221231.img
sha1 9001bd3d00c4e50128fdf91b54de3557cea93bc8 shredos-2021.08.2_23_x86-64_0.34_20221231.iso
32bit for Pentium 4 and earlier CPUs.
Pentium MMX, K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, Athlon, Athlon XP, Opteron*, Athlon FX-51*, Athlon FX-53*, Athlon 64* Pentium 4 (32 bit).
. * = 32-bit/64-bit. The x86 32 bit version of ShredOS will often run on x86 64 processors but not all 64 bit processors due to limitations in the CPU or bios.
Checksums
sha1 3652e0d8ed76e940dcb2e64f469ce548f39dc39d shredos-2021.08.2_23_i586_0.34_32-bit_20221231.img
sha1 a17489064ea6e26a5e4215d9482df0bbb1773d7d shredos-2021.08.2_23_i586_0.34_32-bit_20221231.iso