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| From | Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Wiping an unencrypted SSD in preparation for encryption |
| Date | 2021-06-15 17:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <CqiHL-7e1-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <CoH7z-5f5-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <CoJ9o-6nw-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <Cq9uO-1MC-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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> But in any case, I'm not sure about booting Grub on an SSD from the
> BIOS, because AIUI Grub uses sector addresses to find its core.img,
> and AIUI sectors get shuffled around by the SSD controller.
That shuffling is purely internal and hence completely invisible
(barring bugs and the need to sometimes make sure data is *really*
erased), so that's a non-issue.
Stefan
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