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Date:      Fri, 11 Oct 2024 00:59:42 -0700
From:      "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to zero a failing disk drive before disposal?
Message-ID:  <14323.1728633582@segfault.tristatelogic.com>
In-Reply-To: <d093f0ac42c0bb9c05ce8559c35c56ec55301084.camel@riseup.net>

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In message <d093f0ac42c0bb9c05ce8559c35c56ec55301084.camel@riseup.net>, =

Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> wrote:

>https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/229354/how-to-ignore-write-error=
s-while-zeroing-a-disk
>
>a "sdd" command is mentioned, wich seems to be provided by
>https://sourceforge.net/projects/schilytools/files/
>
>and it might be available for FreeBSD,
>https://www.freshports.org/devel/schilybase .
>
>FWIW the Arch User repository provides schily-tools-sdd, but Arch Linux
>doesn't provide a live media. Ubuntu and friends provide a live media,
>but they don't provide schilytools, but it might build without issues on
>an Ubuntu or so live media,
>https://www.unixmen.com/install-schily-tools-on-linux/ .

Thanks Ralf.  I'll definitely give this a try if I can't get the SMART
secure erase to complete.



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