> The only portable, reliable, robust way to accomplish this
That's setting the bar too high. If we're comfortable with solutions that will work on all mainstream PC platforms including Macs, then it is sufficient to overwrite partition tables with zeros. I have never heard of an OS installer that scans for deleted partitions, and worrying about the possibility of such a thing causing problems is unreasonable.
That's setting the bar too high. If we're comfortable with solutions that will work on all mainstream PC platforms including Macs, then it is sufficient to overwrite partition tables with zeros. I have never heard of an OS installer that scans for deleted partitions, and worrying about the possibility of such a thing causing problems is unreasonable.