openSUSE Recommended Update: hdparm: "wiper.sh" does not work with some SSD drives. Fixed by this update ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-RU-2010:0900-1 Rating: low References: #635920 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.3 openSUSE 11.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed. Description: wiper.sh script from hdparm package does not work with OCZ Vertex 2E SSD (and probably with other SSD drives as well), because the drive cannot handle arbitrarily long TRIM payload. Fixed by this update. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch hdparm-3298 - openSUSE 11.2: zypper in -t patch hdparm-3298 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64): hdparm-9.28-4.1.1 - openSUSE 11.2 (i586 x86_64): hdparm-9.27-2.3.1 References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/635920