Im used to using shred for many years to get rid of files, but now with SSD im coming to grips with new ways of secure erasing things
Fast forward, I tried out blkdiscard -s on my /dev/sdaX drive and it took a good 20 minutes, so I guess it did do something. However afterwards while many of my bash commands no longer work (ls, top, blkdiscard itself) the file system looks like its intact, I can still cd into the /home/admin/domains/etc... folders. WHile I can no longer use ls to see whats in there, I assume everything is still in there since the folder structure is all intact.
Anyone out there with experience on whats the right way of 'shred'ing files on an SSD, or if I did it correctly and maybe it just takes time for the TRIM to take effect?
I cant even SSH into the system anymore which I take as a good sign, but the session i started with is still working in the hobbled state i mentioned...
Fast forward, I tried out blkdiscard -s on my /dev/sdaX drive and it took a good 20 minutes, so I guess it did do something. However afterwards while many of my bash commands no longer work (ls, top, blkdiscard itself) the file system looks like its intact, I can still cd into the /home/admin/domains/etc... folders. WHile I can no longer use ls to see whats in there, I assume everything is still in there since the folder structure is all intact.
Anyone out there with experience on whats the right way of 'shred'ing files on an SSD, or if I did it correctly and maybe it just takes time for the TRIM to take effect?
I cant even SSH into the system anymore which I take as a good sign, but the session i started with is still working in the hobbled state i mentioned...