Bug#931317: debian-installer: A feature to "secure erase" SSDs would be nice

2019-07-03 Thread Philipp Kern
On 2019-07-02 00:33, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Mon, 2019-07-01 at 22:09 +0200, Philip Hands wrote: I think it's probably rather hard to do safely, as IIRC one often needs to try hdparm, then in order to cause the drive not to be locked do something like suspend and resume the system, then set an

Bug#931317: debian-installer: A feature to "secure erase" SSDs would be nice

2019-07-02 Thread Philip Hands
Ben Hutchings writes: > On Mon, 2019-07-01 at 22:09 +0200, Philip Hands wrote: >> "Karl O. Pinc" writes: >> >> > Package: debian-installer >> > Severity: wishlist >> > Tags: d-i >> > >> > Hello, >> > >> > It would be nice if the debian installer included the option to >> > "secure erase" SSDs

Bug#931317: debian-installer: A feature to "secure erase" SSDs would be nice

2019-07-01 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2019-07-01 at 22:09 +0200, Philip Hands wrote: > "Karl O. Pinc" writes: > > > Package: debian-installer > > Severity: wishlist > > Tags: d-i > > > > Hello, > > > > It would be nice if the debian installer included the option to > > "secure erase" SSDs before creating a partition table d

Bug#931317: debian-installer: A feature to "secure erase" SSDs would be nice

2019-07-01 Thread Philip Hands
"Karl O. Pinc" writes: > Package: debian-installer > Severity: wishlist > Tags: d-i > > Hello, > > It would be nice if the debian installer included the option to > "secure erase" SSDs before creating a partition table during > installation. > > A used SSD may have been "over-filled", especially

Bug#931317: debian-installer: A feature to "secure erase" SSDs would be nice

2019-07-01 Thread Karl O. Pinc
Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist Tags: d-i Hello, It would be nice if the debian installer included the option to "secure erase" SSDs before creating a partition table during installation. A used SSD may have been "over-filled", especially a consumer grade device that is not over-pro