From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: Trouble with hdparm -d on Dell D610 Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:08:44 -0500 Message-ID: <47884B5C.8060704@rtr.ca> References: <7f68de3e0801111118x3fecace5n5c1f10b90b595d2f@mail.gmail.com> <20080111193036.787a9fdc@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <7f68de3e0801111149x15afd429sf48ed7db5fff8fa1@mail.gmail.com> <20080111195521.7e771e45@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <7f68de3e0801111227x50c9ff31n1435d005e6b6b1f3@mail.gmail.com> <20080111210557.390271a0@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <7f68de3e0801111327m1363b681ree81fbc5f7f43848@mail.gmail.com> <20080111213415.56d90f0d@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <7f68de3e0801111349i2518924bj7bcfd7b5e9c604e2@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rtr.ca ([76.10.145.34]:2391 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750744AbYALFIq (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:08:46 -0500 In-Reply-To: <7f68de3e0801111349i2518924bj7bcfd7b5e9c604e2@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Kristin Vadas Marsicano Cc: Alan Cox , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Kristin Vadas Marsicano wrote: >.. > For now, my desired action is to overwrite the drives with random > characters. My understanding is that security erase commands are > implemented in the firmware, and that it may be buggy. Please correct > me if my understanding is incorrect. Also, is there a way to invoke > the firmware security erase with a linux command? .. For libata managed drives (/dev/sd*): hdparm --security-erase ... (see also: hdparm --security-help)