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  • doc: Massive documentation update to improve the wiki Added quick and easy guides for drive health and firmware update since those are most common to search for. Updated file names to remove spaces and make navigating easy both online and checked out for editing. Hopefully this improves our project overall. Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Feb 11, 2026
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  • doc: Clarifying Seagate HDD attributes Clarifying how to interpret the list of Seagate attributes as what should be expected for any Seagate HDD (and some old SSDs). [Seagate/openSeaChest#214] Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Aug 21, 2025
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  • feat: Adding initial doc aobut drive health and SMART Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Jun 12, 2025
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  • feat: Adding section about where sanitize certifications are published on Seagate.com Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Jun 12, 2025
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  • feat: Initial revision of introduction to command line tool usage Initial documentation write up to help those new to CLI tools learn how to use them. This will likely need more refinement, but this is a good start. Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Jan 30, 2025
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  • feat: Adding information about background tasks Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Jan 30, 2025
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  • feat: Adding a page about formatting/fast formatting/sector sizes Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Jan 30, 2025
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  • feat: Adding a few more acronyms Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Jan 30, 2025
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  • feat: Adding a page about storage capacity units and standards Adding a page about storage capacity units and standards that affect how capacities are set since this can be a source of confusion for users Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Jan 30, 2025
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  • quick: Adding JEDEC, IDEMA, and IEC to list of specifications/committees Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Jan 30, 2025
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  • quick: Spelling fixes Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Jan 30, 2025
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  • Adding a section about advise on choosing a sanitization method Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Sep 10, 2024
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  • clarifying when sanitizing a drive can be useful in context of repurposing or destroying/recycling Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Sep 10, 2024
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  • adding definitions of volatile and non-volatile Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Sep 10, 2024
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  • Adding definition of "IP" for intellectual property. Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Sep 10, 2024
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  • Clarifying note about TRIM/Unmap/Deallocate and data removal. Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Sep 10, 2024
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  • Adding Wiki pages Adding a page about Sanitizing drives, the Sanitize feature itself, the ATA security feature, where standards are developed, and various terms, acronyms, and definitions can be found as needed. Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Sep 6, 2024
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  • Fixing typos Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Sep 6, 2024
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  • Fixing date so that it is today and not the future...accidentally wrote the month number as the date when typing this. oops. Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Sep 4, 2024
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  • Updating Windows secure file information. Adding documentation on how to enable access to other commands in Linux. Adding differences between openSeaChest and SeaChest. Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Sep 4, 2024
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  • Adding secure file references section Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Aug 30, 2024
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  • cleaning up wiki home page and adding secure file info Cleaning up the homepage and adding information on secure files and directories for POSIX environments. Will check in Windows next after I review what I have written a few more times to make sure it is clear. Signed-off-by: Tyler Erickson <tyler.erickson@seagate.com>

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Aug 30, 2024
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  • Initial Home page

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Aug 30, 2024
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  • Initial Home page

    @vonericsen vonericsen committed Aug 30, 2024
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