secure erase takes many passes (was "Re: The most non destructive way to prepare a SSD for openSUSE")

pj -- ...and then -pj said... % ... % been created) the following seems extremely interesting: % % hdparm can do it. % % --security-erase PWD ... % % --security-erase-enhanced PWD [snip] You mentioned concern about reading and writing memory chips in relation to your quest to "prepare" for SuSE. In addition the fact that to extreme secure-level erasure of any data that may be present is not necessary, writing the multiple times required for such causes MORE wear on the device and hastens its death as much as anything will. Whipping up a fresh partition table is more than enough :-) Have a great evening! :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt