I would probably do a `dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX` if I am understanding what you're asking. Or you could do urandom

Aug 29, 2022 15:05:49 Retro64XYZ via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>:

> Don't do that to an SSD.
> 
> On 8/29/22 14:47, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> To delete everything would I type
> sudo shred /dev/sda 
> From a live disk?
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