DBAN (Darik's Boot and Nuke)

This is a guide for adding Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) to FOG 1.3.0.

Backend

For this example, we will be using Fedora 21 Server; these commands should work for CentOS and RHEL as well. For Debian/Ubuntu based distributions you should only need to change the web directory paths to (maybe?) exclude the /html part.

Please note that the below wget URL will likely need updated to a current URL for the latest DBAN ISO.

Here is a step-by-step explanation of what the below commands do:

• Make a directory in the root directory called "iso."

• Make a directory in the web folder called "dban."

• Get the latest copy of dban using wget (URL likely needs updated) and put it into the "iso" directory with the name "dban.iso."

• Mount the dban.iso file to the "dban" web directory as read-only (must be read only for ISOs).

These commands are executed on your FOG server via CLI with sudo or root permissions:

mkdir /iso
mkdir /var/www/html/dban
wget -O /iso/dban.iso http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/dban/dban/dban-2.3.0/dban-2.3.0_i586.iso
mount -t iso9660 -o loop /iso/dban.iso /var/www/html/dban

If you've done the steps above correctly, you should be able to visit the directory in a web browser like so to see the files from the ISO:

x.x.x.x/dban

Frontend

Now we must add a new entry to the FOG boot menu. For this, we will navigate in the FOG web UI to here:

FOG Configuration -> iPXE New Menu Entry

In this menu, you will add the below information.

Menu Item: DBAN

Description: Boot and nuke (This is what the menu displays)

Parameters:

:DBAN
kernel ${boot_url}/dban/dban.bzi nuke="dwipe --autonuke" silent vga=785
boot

Menu Show with: All Hosts

It should look something like this when you're done:

NOTE: Some have reported that this works for them without the double quotes around this part: dwipe --autonuke but you may not have this problem.

Other Paramater Options

autonuke

kernel ${boot_url}/dban/dban.bzi nuke="dwipe --autonuke" silent nousb vga=785

dban

kernel ${boot_url}/dban/dban.bzi nuke="dwipe" silent vga=785

dod

kernel ${boot_url}/dban/dban.bzi nuke="dwipe --autonuke --method dod522022m" silent vga=785

dod3pass

kernel ${boot_url}/dban/dban.bzi nuke="dwipe --autonuke --method dod3pass" silent vga=785

dodshort

kernel ${boot_url}/dban/dban.bzi nuke="dwipe --autonuke --method dodshort" silent vga=785

gutmann

kernel ${boot_url}/dban/dban.bzi nuke="dwipe --autonuke --method gutmann" silent vga=785

ops2

kernel ${boot_url}/dban/dban.bzi nuke="dwipe --autonuke --method ops2" silent vga=785

paranoid

kernel ${boot_url}/dban/dban.bzi nuke="dwipe --autonuke --method prng --rounds 8 --verify all" silent vga=785

prng

kernel ${boot_url}/dban/dban.bzi nuke="dwipe --autonuke --method prng --rounds 8" silent vga=785

quick

kernel ${boot_url}/dban/dban.bzi nuke="dwipe --autonuke --method quick" silent vga=785

zero

kernel ${boot_url}/dban/dban.bzi nuke="dwipe --autonuke --method zero" silent vga=785

Resources

https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/4069/fog-1-2-0-dban-advanced-pxe-boot-menu

http://www.dban.org/