Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:29:43 -0500 | Subject | Re: Linux kernel - Libata bad block error handling to user mode program | From | Greg Freemyer <> |
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> > But really.. isn't "hdparm --security-erase NULL /dev/sdX" good enough ??? >
This thread seems to have died off. If there is a real problem, I hope it picks back up.
Mark, as to your question the few times I've tried that the bios on the test machine blocked the command. So it may have some specific utility, but it's a not a generic solution in my mind.
Greg
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