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| author | Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> | 2011-08-28 23:47:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> | 2011-08-28 23:47:19 +0000 |
| commit | dd4aab9b7be82fe425a0f97a7c78f0b4ec4cc16b (patch) | |
| tree | 1de5d4cd2f225505e49bc8ea3e2f85d9d6f2c536 /doc/sg_format.8 | |
| parent | 21fd155d93a09cf04655e43b136753c013f89745 (diff) | |
| download | sg3_utils-dd4aab9b7be82fe425a0f97a7c78f0b4ec4cc16b.tar.gz | |
spc4r32 sync; sg_write_buffer --specific option
git-svn-id: https://svn.bingwo.ca/repos/sg3_utils/trunk@412 6180dd3e-e324-4e3e-922d-17de1ae2f315
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/sg_format.8 b/doc/sg_format.8 index 4babd6f8..c42ddaed 100644 --- a/doc/sg_format.8 +++ b/doc/sg_format.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH SG_FORMAT "8" "June 2011" "sg3_utils\-1.32" SG3_UTILS +.TH SG_FORMAT "8" "August 2011" "sg3_utils\-1.33" SG3_UTILS .SH NAME sg_format \- format or resize a SCSI disk (perhaps change its block size) .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ user is invited (twice 5 seconds apart) to abort sg_format. This occurs just prior the SCSI FORMAT UNIT command being issued. See the NOTES section for more information. .PP -Recent SBC\-3 drafts add several "protection types" to the "protection +SBC\-3 drafts have added several "protection types" to the "protection information" introduced in the SBC\-2 standard. See the "protection information" section (section 4.18 in draft SBC\-3 rev 18). 8 bytes of protection information are added to each block (a 2 byte "logical block @@ -321,6 +321,12 @@ disks whose firmware is of that vintage. The \fICOUNT\fR numeric argument may include a multiplicative suffix or be given in hexadecimal. See the "NUMERIC ARGUMENTS" section in the sg3_utils(8) man page. +.PP +The SCSI SANITIZE command was introduced in SBC\-3 revision 27. It is +closely related to the ATA SANITIZE command and can be used to remove +all existing data from a disk. This is more likely to be implemented +than FORMAT UNIT's security initialization feature (see the +\fI\-\-security\fR option) and in some cases much faster. .SH EXAMPLES These examples use Linux device names. For suitable device names in other supported Operating Systems see the sg3_utils(8) man page. @@ -378,5 +384,6 @@ This software is distributed under the GPL version 2. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. .SH "SEE ALSO" .B sg_turs(8), sg_requests(8), sg_inq(8), sg_modes(8), sg_vpd(8), -.B sg_reassign(8), sg_readcap(8), sg3_utils(8) [all in sg3_utils], +.B sg_reassign(8), sg_readcap(8), sg3_utils(8), +.B sg_sanitize(8) [all in sg3_utils], .B sdparm(8), scsiformat (old), hdparm(8) |