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ShredOS is a USB bootable small linux distribution with the sole purpose of securely erasing your
disks using the program [nwipe](https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe).

This version of Shredos includes the latest nwipe master, Smartmontools, a hexeditor [hexedit](https://linux.die.net/man/1/hexedit), that can be run in the second virtial terminal, ALT-F2, and hdparm.
This version of Shredos includes the latest nwipe master, Smartmontools, a hexeditor [hexedit](https://linux.die.net/man/1/hexedit), that can be run in the second virtial terminal, ALT-F2, hdparm for wiping using the drives internal firmmware and loadkeys for setting the keyboard you are using. i.e. loadkeys uk, loadkeys fr etc.

ShredOS boots very quickly and depending upon the host system can boot in as little
as 2 seconds. Nwipe will then list the disks present on the host system. You can then
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* twister
* isaac

## Obtaining and running shredos the easy way !

You can of course compile shredos from source but that can take a long time and you can run into all sorts of problems if your not familiar with compiling an operating system. So if you just want to get started with using shredos anmd nwipe then just download the shredos image file and write it to a USB flash drive. Please note this will over write the existing contents of your USB flash drive.
```
(TO BE COMPLETED)
Download the shredos image file from here
```

## Compiling ShredOS and burning to USB stick

The ShredOS system is built using buildroot.
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