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--- linux:notes:drive_wipe [2024/10/23 14:42] – Sean Rhone
+++ linux:notes:drive_wipe [2025/10/21 03:46] (current) – Sean Rhone
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   * 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
-  * TODO: Leap GNOME: https://download.opensuse.org/download/distribution/openSUSE-stable/live/openSUSE-Leap-15.6-GNOME-Live-x86_64-Media.iso
+  https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-XFCE-Live-x86_64-Current.iso
 ====== Notes ======
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 ====== Tools ======
+****
 <code>sudo zypper install 'nvme-cli' -y && sync</code>
-<code>sudo dnf install nvme-cli hdparm -y && sync</code>
+===== Dell Fan Speed =====
-<code>sudo apt install 'nvme-cli' -y && sync</code>
+  cat '/sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile' && echo 'performance' | sudo tee '/sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile' > '/dev/null' && cat '/sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile'
-===== Dell Fan Speed =====
+  cat '/sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile_choices'
-  * 2024/10: Seemingly broken in new-ish/6.11+ kernels but works fine from 6.6(?) in oS Leap 15.6
+==== Old ====
+****
-  sudo smbios-thermal-ctl --set-thermal-mode='performance'
+  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 ======
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 <code>sudo dd if='/dev/zero' of='/dev/sdb' count='1024'</code>
-==== sdc ====
-****
-<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/sdc' && 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>
-=== Individual ===
-<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/sdc'</code>
-<code>sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sdc' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase 'x' '/dev/sdc'</code>
-<code>sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sdc' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced 'x' '/dev/sdc'</code>
-<code>sudo wipefs --all --force '/dev/sdc'</code>
-<code>sudo dd if='/dev/zero' of='/dev/sdc' count='1024'</code>
 ====== Sector Size Notes ======
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   * :!: 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|thread]])
+  * 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 =====