Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 19:03:55 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to zero a failing disk drive before disposal? Message-ID: <d3810f60db35faf603d50fd4c9b016ecf3dea90d.camel@riseup.net> In-Reply-To: <06ab6d80-2ebd-4f23-b8e6-136c28b2e98f@app.fastmail.com> References: <32911.1728826816@segfault.tristatelogic.com> <0687f794db7f586c45646bb475bd833b604a2175.camel@riseup.net> <06ab6d80-2ebd-4f23-b8e6-136c28b2e98f@app.fastmail.com>
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On Sun, 2024-10-13 at 11:42 -0500, robert@rrbrussell.com wrote: > hdparm is the required program on both Linux and *BSD.=C2=A0 The procedur= e > is set drive security password and then issue Secure Erase. Hi, regarding brand new information from 2013 you shouldn't use hdparm for this task. "hdparm Warning: Do not attempt to issue a Secure Erase ATA command on a device connected through USB; see https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase and this answer for [*] details." - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Securely_wipe_disk#hdparm The kernel.org link is obsolete, "This page was last modified on 22 July 2013, at 16:58." [*] https://web.archive.org/web/20180711170859/http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/an= swers/id-1984547/secure-erase-external-usb-hard-drive.html I get "The connection has timed out". Regards, Ralf
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