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@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ a disk wiper since shred is "lentoinculo" on some machines
### features:
* checks if disk has errors, in that case instructs you to phisically destroy it
* checks if disk is an ssd
* checks if disk has errors, in that case instructs you to physically destroy it
* in case the disk needs to be destroyed the script will point to the Model and Serial numbers to best identify the drive
* checks if disk is an ssd (see TODO)
* differentiate between SAS and SATA to retrieve the correct data
* uses openssl to provide randomness (faster)
* has a nice progress bar for the shredding and zeroing with timing of the current operation
* automatically installs it's prerequisites (pv, smartmontools and hdparm)
### TODO:
@ -17,3 +19,5 @@ a disk wiper since shred is "lentoinculo" on some machines
- [ ] check ATA Secure Erase for SSDs
- [ ] needs testing with SATA drives
- [ ] needs testing with broken SATA drives
- [ ] needs testing with SSDs
- [ ] broaden the platforms for prerequisites installation (at least yum)