[Savannah-register-public] [task #14114] Submission of devparanoia

[David Hedlund]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?14114>

                 Summary: Submission of devparanoia
                 Project: Savannah Administration
            Submitted by: beloved
            Submitted on: Tue 09 Aug 2016 03:53:30 PM CEST
         Should Start On: Tue 09 Aug 2016 12:00:00 AM CEST
   Should be Finished on: Fri 19 Aug 2016 12:00:00 AM CEST
                Category: Project Approval
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
        Percent Complete: 0%
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                  Effort: 0.00

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Details:

A new project has been registered at Savannah 
This project account will remain inactive until a site admin approves or
discards the registration.


= Registration Administration =

While this item will be useful to track the registration process, *approving
or discarding the registration must be done using the specific Group
Administration
<https://savannah.gnu.org/siteadmin/groupedit.php?group_id=11636> page*,
accessible only to site administrators, effectively *logged as site
administrators* (superuser):

* Group Administration
<https://savannah.gnu.org/siteadmin/groupedit.php?group_id=11636>


= Registration Details =

* Name: *devparanoia*
* System Name:  *devparanoia*
* Type: non-GNU software and documentation
* License: GNU General Public License v3 or later

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==== Description: ====
Startup Disc Creator have a device selector so you can manage your device with
confidence. But there are some problems with Startup Disc Creator:
2) It is graphical.
1) It is not very stable.

If Startup Disc Creator or other GUI tools cannot be used you will most likely
end up using dd.

The problem with dd is:
1) It is not an interactive tool.
2) "BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL if you use the dd command, since a small typo can
make all of the data on your disk useless. - man sfdisk"

devparanoia is used to securely select the proper device before it is being
managed. devparanoia ensure that:
1) The device do not contain the mounted root partition.
2) That the device type match your requirement (USB for example).
3) That the device is unmounted.

I don't know any software that can do this. If you know any please let me
know.


==== Other Software Required: ====
bash
dd



==== Tarball URL: ====
http://savannah.gnu.org/submissions_uploads/devparanoia.sh.tar.gz






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