RoE | Wiki

User Tools

Site Tools

Trace: • drive_wipe
linux:notes:drive_wipe

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revisionPrevious revision
Next revision		Previous revision
linux:notes:drive_wipe [2024/09/10 16:18] – Sean Rhonelinux:notes:drive_wipe [2025/10/21 03:46] (current) – Sean Rhone
Line 5: Line 5:
   * Useful to perform before OS installations   * Useful to perform before OS installations
  
-  * Ideally use [[linux;distros;opensuse_tumbleweed_gnome#gnome_live|openSUSE Tumbleweed's latest GNOME Live image]] on USB due to it having up-to-date tools, a GUI, and USB data persistence ((can copy a command into Terminal and run it on one machine, boot the drive on another machine, and use Terminal history to re-run the command; it's quite convenient :p))+  * https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-XFCE-Live-x86_64-Current.iso 
 + 
 +  https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-XFCE-Live-x86_64-Current.iso 
 + 
 +====== Notes ====== 
 + 
 +  * [[linux:notes:ufs_freebsd_mount|FreeBSD UFS mount]] (from Linux LiveUSB) 
 +  * [[linux:notes:disk_gpt_format|Disk Format (GPT)]] 
 +  * [[linux:notes:rsync_nas|Drive-to-drive rsync]]
  
 ====== Tools ====== ====== Tools ======
 +
 +****
  
 <code>sudo zypper install 'nvme-cli' -y && sync</code> <code>sudo zypper install 'nvme-cli' -y && sync</code>
  
-<code>sudo apt install 'nvme-cli' -y && sync</code>+===== Dell Fan Speed ===== 
 + 
 +  cat '/sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile' && echo 'performance' | sudo tee '/sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile' > '/dev/null' && cat '/sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile' 
 + 
 +  cat '/sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile_choices' 
 + 
 +==== Old ==== 
 + 
 +****
  
-<code>sudo dnf install nvme-cli hdparm -y && sync</code>+  sudo zypper install -y 'python3-smbios-utils' && sudo smbios-thermal-ctl --set-thermal-mode='performance' && sudo zypper remove --clean-deps 'python3-smbios-utils'
  
 ====== Suspend/Wake ====== ====== Suspend/Wake ======
Line 38: Line 56:
 ====== Drive Wipe ====== ====== Drive Wipe ======
  
-===== Notes =====+===== NVMe =====
  
-  * 2024/05/02: TODO: Try ''nvme sanitize''+==== Check LBA Formats ====
  
-==== 4K Sectors ====+  * Switching is done with ''nvme format --lbaf=1''
  
-  * https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/4739473745776804012/?tscn=1641033020#c3203747342915419588 +<code>sudo nvme id-ns '/dev/nvme0' --namespace-id='1' --human-readable</code>
-  * https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/3203745634155479256+
  
-  * :!: Steam and Oculus were **known** to be broken with 4K sector size on Windows 11 +<code>sudo smartctl --all '/dev/nvme0'</code>
-  * Steam and Oculus worked fine with 4K sector size on Windows 10 LTSC 2021 and Linux +
-  * iTunes possibly fails with 4K sectors due to Bonjour and dnssd.dll ([[https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/setting-4k-sector-size-on-nvme-ssds-does-performance-actually-change.289757/page-3#post-4981622|thread]])+
  
-  * See [[#sector_size]] to check or switch to available sector disk formats+==== nvme0 ====
  
-===== nvme0 =====+  * This is using LBA Format ''0'' 
 +  * Last tested: ''Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller PM9A1/PM9A3/980PRO'' (only 1 LBA Format at ''512'')
  
-  * :!: This is using LBA Format ''1'' for 4K sector size+<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/nvme0n1' && sudo nvme format '/dev/nvme0' --force --namespace-id='1' --lbaf='0' --reset --ses='1' --pil='0' --pi='0' --ms='0' && sudo rm -f '/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/'* || sync</code>
  
-<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/nvme0n1' && sync && sudo nvme format '/dev/nvme0' --force --namespace-id='1' --lbaf='1' --reset --ses='1' --pil='0' --pi='0' --ms='0' && sudo rm -f '/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/'* || sync</code>+=== Individual ===
  
-<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/nvme0n1' && sync</code>+<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/nvme0n1'</code>
  
-<code>sudo nvme format '/dev/nvme0' --force --namespace-id='1' --lbaf='1' --reset --ses='1' --pil='0' --pi='0' --ms='0' && sync</code>+<code>sudo nvme format '/dev/nvme0' --force --namespace-id='1' --lbaf='0' --reset --ses='1' --pil='0' --pi='0' --ms='0'</code>
  
 <code>sudo wipefs --all --force '/dev/nvme0n1'</code> <code>sudo wipefs --all --force '/dev/nvme0n1'</code>
  
-==== LBA 0 ====+<code>sudo dd if='/dev/zero' of='/dev/nvme0n1' count='1024'</code>
  
-  * :!: This is using LBA Format ''0'' for 512 sector size+===== sda/b/c =====
  
-<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/nvme0n1' && sync && sudo nvme format '/dev/nvme0' --force --namespace-id='1' --lbaf='0' --reset --ses='1' --pil='0' --pi='0' --ms='0' && sudo rm -f '/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/'* || sync</code>+==== LBA Formats ====
  
-<code>sudo nvme format '/dev/nvme0' --force --namespace-id='1' --lbaf='0' --reset --ses='1' --pil='0' --pi='0' --ms='0' && sync</code>+=== Check ===
  
-===== nvme1 =====+****
  
-  * :!: This is using LBA Format ''0''+<code>sudo smartctl --all '/dev/sda'</code>
  
-<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/nvme1n1' && sync && sudo nvme format '/dev/nvme1' --force --namespace-id='1' --lbaf='0' --reset --ses='1' --pil='0' --pi='0' --ms='0' && sudo rm -f '/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/'* || sync</code>+=== Switch ===
  
-<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/nvme1n1' && sync</code>+****
  
-<code>sudo nvme format '/dev/nvme1' --force --namespace-id='1' --lbaf='0' --reset --ses='1' --pil='0' --pi='0' --ms='0' && sync</code>+<code>sudo hdparm --set-sector-size '4096' '/dev/sda'</code>
  
-<code>sudo wipefs --all --force '/dev/nvme1n1'</code>+==== sda ====
  
-===== sda =====+****
  
-<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/sda' && sync && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sda' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase 'x' '/dev/sda' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sda' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced 'x' '/dev/sda' && sudo rm -f '/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/'* || sync</code>+<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/sda' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sda' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase 'x' '/dev/sda' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sda' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced 'x' '/dev/sda' && sudo rm -f '/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/'* || sync</code>
  
-<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/sda' && sync</code>+=== Individual ===
  
-<code>sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sda' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase 'x' '/dev/sda' && sync</code>+<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/sda'</code>
  
-<code>sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sda' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced 'x' '/dev/sda' && sync</code>+<code>sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sda' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase 'x' '/dev/sda'</code> 
 + 
 +<code>sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sda' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced 'x' '/dev/sda'</code>
  
 <code>sudo wipefs --all --force '/dev/sda'</code> <code>sudo wipefs --all --force '/dev/sda'</code>
  
-===== sdb =====+<code>sudo dd if='/dev/zero' of='/dev/sda' count='1024'</code>
  
-<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/sdb' && sync && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sdb' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase 'x' '/dev/sdb' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sdb' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced 'x' '/dev/sdb' && sudo rm -f '/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/'* || sync</code>+==== sdb ====
  
-<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/sdb' && sync</code>+****
  
-<code>sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sdb' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase 'x' '/dev/sdb' && sync</code>+<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/sdb' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sdb' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase 'x' '/dev/sdb' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sdb' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced 'x' '/dev/sdb' && sudo rm -f '/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/'* || sync</code>
  
-<code>sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sdb' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced 'x' '/dev/sdb' && sync</code>+=== Individual ===
  
-<code>sudo wipefs --all --force '/dev/sdb'</code>+<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/sdb'</code>
  
-===== sdc =====+<code>sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sdb' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase 'x' '/dev/sdb'</code>
  
-<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/sdc' && sync && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sdc' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase 'x' '/dev/sdc' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sdc' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced 'x' '/dev/sdc' && sudo rm -f '/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/'* || sync</code>+<code>sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sdb' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced 'x' '/dev/sdb'</code>
  
-<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/sdc' && sync</code>+<code>sudo wipefs --all --force '/dev/sdb'</code>
  
-<code>sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sdc' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase 'x' '/dev/sdc' && sync</code>+<code>sudo dd if='/dev/zero' of='/dev/sdb' count='1024'</code>
  
-<code>sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sdc' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced 'x' '/dev/sdc' && sync</code>+====== Sector Size Notes ======
  
-<code>sudo wipefs --all --force '/dev/sdc'</code>+===== 4K Sectors ===== 
 + 
 +  * https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/4739473745776804012/?tscn=1641033020#c3203747342915419588 
 +  * https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/3203745634155479256 
 + 
 +  * :!: Steam and Oculus were **known** to be broken with 4K sector size on Windows 11 
 +  * Steam and Oculus worked fine with 4K sector size on Windows 10 LTSC 2021 and Linux 
 +  * iTunes possibly fails with 4K sectors due to Bonjour and dnssd.dll ([[https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/setting-4k-sector-size-on-nvme-ssds-does-performance-actually-change.289757/page-3#post-4981622|post]])
  
-====== Sector Size ======+===== Sector Size =====
  
   * https://community.wd.com/t/sn550-why-it-uses-512b-sector-instead-of-4096/250724   * https://community.wd.com/t/sn550-why-it-uses-512b-sector-instead-of-4096/250724
Line 128: Line 153:
   * https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/562571/switching-hdd-sector-size-to-4096-bytes   * https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/562571/switching-hdd-sector-size-to-4096-bytes
   * https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/Advanced_Sector_Format_of_Block_Devices   * https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/Advanced_Sector_Format_of_Block_Devices
- 
-===== NVMe ===== 
- 
-<code>sudo nvme id-ns '/dev/nvme0' --namespace-id='1' --human-readable</code> 
- 
-<code>sudo smartctl --all '/dev/nvme0'</code> 
- 
-===== sda ===== 
- 
-<code>sudo smartctl --all '/dev/sda1'</code> 
- 
-<code>sudo hdparm --set-sector-size '4096' '/dev/sda'</code> 
  
/srv/www/wiki/data/attic/linux/notes/drive_wipe.1725999506.txt.gz · Last modified: by Sean Rhone