Hi all!
New to this forum and new to Mac (used to Unix and win)
I'm trying to nuke my drives with DBAN from USB.
The USB-flashdrive works fine on a PC and boot's correctly but it will NOT boot on my macs?
It's a Mac Pro 3.1 and the other one is a Mac Pro 4.1.
Any ideas what the issue might be?
thx
If it works fine on a PC and not a Mac that is usually an indication that it is coded for the PC.
Do you have the 10.6 Installer/Utilities DVD?
If not, hold off on that complete erase for awhile. Maybe you should have a copy of that DVD, at least for your older Mac Pro. The newer Mac Pro 4,1 cannot boot from that DVD.
Otherwise, if you completely erase those drives the way you described, you will not be able to boot anything. It will take a trip to the Apple store to get them going again.
If your desire is to be able to boot a Mac from USB and then do a secure erasure of your hard drives then you might want to look at the following free solution.
DBAN on MAC Pro
