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linux:notes:drive_wipe [2025/08/17 06:51] – [Dell Fan Speed] Sean Rhonelinux:notes:drive_wipe [2025/10/21 03:46] (current) Sean Rhone
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   * 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 
-  * 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 ====== ====== Notes ======
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 ====== Tools ====== ====== Tools ======
  
-<code>sudo zypper install 'nvme-cli' -y && sync</code>+****
  
-<code>sudo dnf install nvme-cli hdparm -y && sync</code> +<code>sudo zypper install 'nvme-cli' -y && sync</code>
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-<code>sudo apt install 'nvme-cli' -y && sync</code>+
  
 ===== Dell Fan Speed ===== ===== Dell Fan Speed =====
  
-  echo 'performance' | sudo tee '/sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile' > '/dev/null' && cat '/sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile'+  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'   cat '/sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile_choices'
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 <code>sudo dd if='/dev/zero' of='/dev/sdb' count='1024'</code> <code>sudo dd if='/dev/zero' of='/dev/sdb' count='1024'</code>
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-==== sdc ==== 
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-**** 
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-<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> 
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-=== Individual === 
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-<code>sudo blkdiscard --force --verbose '/dev/sdc'</code> 
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-<code>sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sdc' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase 'x' '/dev/sdc'</code> 
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-<code>sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sdc' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced 'x' '/dev/sdc'</code> 
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-<code>sudo wipefs --all --force '/dev/sdc'</code> 
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-<code>sudo dd if='/dev/zero' of='/dev/sdc' count='1024'</code> 
  
 ====== Sector Size Notes ====== ====== Sector Size Notes ======
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