smartctl smartctl -x /dev/sda smartctl -l selftest /dev/sda smartctl -t short /dev/sda smartctl -t long /dev/sda nvme nvme device-self-test /dev/nvme0 -s 1h nvme device-self-test /dev/nvme0 -s 2h nvme device-self-test /dev/nvme0 -s 0h nvme self-test-log /dev/nvme0 -o "json"
Doing it manually Since I can’t use the tool provided by Seagate, the workaround is: find the firmware in the ISO apply it manually to both disks Haystack, needle… Mount the key (or the ISO): > sudo mount -o loop ./Downloads/BarracudaLP-ALL-CC35.iso /home/fabien/plop/ Look up all those files, there’s this one which seems interesting: -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 52 févr. 10 2010 Autorun.inf dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 févr. 11 2010 BCDW -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 77312 avril 30 2009 drivedetect.exe dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 févr. 11 2010 FreeDOS -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 5898240 févr. 18 2010 HE-CC35.ima -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 18739 févr. 10 2010 README.txt -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3638 nov. 7 2002 seglogo.ico This HE-CC35.ima looks interesting, let’s see: ...
Just put the extracted Bios Update utilities into the WinPE 4.0 64-bit Image and create a bootable usbstick. Then, from the admin console launch: InsydeFlashx64.exe <BiosUpdate>.ROM To extract the bios: innoextract <Version>.exe Command Comparison: DOS Command UNIX or Bash Command Action DIR ls -l List directory contents TREE ls -R List directory recursivly CD cd Change directory CHDIR pwd Display directory location TYPE cat Dump contents of a file to users screen MORE more Pipe output a single page at a time HELP man Online manuals EXIT exit Exit a shell WIN startx Start X-Windows. REBOOT shutdown -r now Reboot system. WinPE: Create USB Bootable drive The default installation runs from memory (RAM disk), so you can remove the drive while Windows PE is running. ...
WD GreenPower disks have some problems under Linux with their “head parking” feature parking the head every 8 seconds. This destroys the disk over a short time span. For Linux, there’s idle3ctl from the idle3-tools. You can display the current value with the following command: $ sudo ./idle3ctl -g /dev/sdX Idle3 timer set to 80 (0x50) The value 80 means 8 seconds (default). From 1-128, the values mean 1/10th of a second, e.g. 128 would be 12.8 seconds. 129-254 are in 30 seconds steps. 129 is 30 seconds, 130 is 60 seconds, etc. ...
Warning The instructions below will irretrievably destroy data. Moreover, as the hdparm manpage explains, “these switches are DANGEROUS to experiment with, and might not work with every kernel. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.” Explanation According to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-88: Guidelines for Media Sanitization, Secure Erase is “An overwrite technology using firmware based process to overwrite a hard drive. Is a drive command defined in the ANSI ATA and SCSI disk drive interface specifications, which runs inside drive hardware. It completes in about 1/8 the time of 5220 block erasure.” The guidelines also state that “degaussing and executing the firmware Secure Erase command (for ATA drives only) are acceptable methods for purging.” ...
calibration This is the command to start the calibrator: dispcal -v -y l -g 2.2 -t 6500 -q h target There are a few options that can be set in this command by changing the values after the option flags (the dash followed by a letter): Monitor type: -y l for LCD displays, -y c for CRT displays Target gamma: -g (gamma) Lets you specify a target gamma, use 2.2 unless you know why you should pick otherwise. ...