Hi everybody, does anyone know how to securely format a btrfs-partition[1]? I have an unused SSD with a former root partition that I have to return and I want to make sure that all data is erased before giving it back. Thank you in advance! Simon [1] Without physically destroying the SSD obviously
W dniu 25.10.2023 o 15:11, Simon Heimbach pisze:
Hi everybody,
does anyone know how to securely format a btrfs-partition[1]? I have an unused SSD with a former root partition that I have to return and I want to make sure that all data is erased before giving it back.
Thank you in advance! Simon
[1] Without physically destroying the SSD obviously
"shred" wipes any disk, regardless of filesystem: sudo shred /dev/sdx1 By default it 3 times overwrites it with random data. See "man shred" for details.
On 2023-10-25 19:14, Adam Mizerski wrote:
W dniu 25.10.2023 o 15:11, Simon Heimbach pisze:
Hi everybody,
does anyone know how to securely format a btrfs-partition[1]? I have an unused SSD with a former root partition that I have to return and I want to make sure that all data is erased before giving it back.
Thank you in advance! Simon
[1] Without physically destroying the SSD obviously
"shred" wipes any disk, regardless of filesystem:
sudo shred /dev/sdx1
By default it 3 times overwrites it with random data. See "man shred" for details.
Don't do that on an SSD, it destroys lives. On Flash media it is enough writing once. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.5 (Laicolasse))
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