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Copy shredos_with_mods.img to the root of the Ventoy USB stick and boot the Ventoy USB stick. You can confirm your changes to the kernel commmand line by booting ShredOS, switching to a virtual terminal ALT F2, and type `more /proc/cmdline` Copy shredos_with_mods.img to the root of the Ventoy USB stick and boot the Ventoy USB stick. You can confirm your changes to the kernel commmand line by booting ShredOS, switching to a virtual terminal ALT F2, and type `more /proc/cmdline`
## Virtual Terminals ## Virtual Terminals
ShredOS has three tty terminals, ALT-F1 (Where nwipe is initially launched), ALT-F2 (A virtual terminal), ALT-F3 (console log, login required which is root with no password). Typical use of a virtual terminal might be to run other disk related tools such as hdparm to remove hidden sectors or hexedit to display the contents of the disk as hexadecimal values. ShredOS has four tty terminals, ALT-F1 (Where nwipe is initially launched), ALT-F2 (A virtual terminal), ALT-F3 (console log, login required which is root with no password), ALT-F4 ([SMART Monitoring Terminal](#smartdmt)). Typical use of a virtual terminal might be to run other disk related tools such as hdparm to remove hidden sectors or hexedit to display the contents of the disk as hexadecimal values.
## How to exclude the FAT formatted ShredOS Boot drive from Nwipe, interactive and autonuke modes ## How to exclude the FAT formatted ShredOS Boot drive from Nwipe, interactive and autonuke modes
There are two methods that can be used to exclude the FAT formatted ShredOS boot drive from appearing in nwipe's interactive mode or autonuke modes. There are two methods that can be used to exclude the FAT formatted ShredOS boot drive from appearing in nwipe's interactive mode or autonuke modes.
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## Included Packages ## Included Packages
#### smartmontools #### smartmontools
Nwipes ability to detect serial numbers on USB devices now works on USB bridges who's chipset supports that functionality. Smartmontools provides nwipe with that capability. Smartmontools can be used in the second or third virtual terminal. ALT-F2 and ALT-F3. Nwipes ability to detect serial numbers on USB devices now works on USB bridges who's chipset supports that functionality. Smartmontools provides nwipe with that capability. Smartmontools can be used in the second or third virtual terminal (ALT-F2 and ALT-F3).
#### smartdmt
For convenience a SMART Monitoring Terminal is available in the fourth virtual terminal (ALT-F4).
It allows to observe all SMART information on one screen and without interacting with the command-line.
![smartdmt](/images/smartdmt.gif)
#### hdparm #### hdparm
hdparm has many uses and is a powerfull tool. Although Nwipe will be adding ATA secure erase capability, i.e using the hard disk own firmware to initiate an erase, nwipe currently wipes drives using the traditional method of writing to every block. If you want to initiate a ATA secure erase using the drives firmware then hdparm will be of use. hdparm has many uses and is a powerfull tool. Although Nwipe will be adding ATA secure erase capability, i.e using the hard disk own firmware to initiate an erase, nwipe currently wipes drives using the traditional method of writing to every block. If you want to initiate a ATA secure erase using the drives firmware then hdparm will be of use.

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config BR2_PACKAGE_SMARTDMT_GIT_REVISION config BR2_PACKAGE_SMARTDMT_GIT_REVISION
string "Git revision (full commit SHA-1 or tag v0.25-v0.40 ..)" string "Git revision (full commit SHA-1 or tag v0.25-v0.40 ..)"
depends on BR2_PACKAGE_SMARTDMT depends on BR2_PACKAGE_SMARTDMT
default "v0.1.4" default "v0.1.5"
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When 'Git revision' is selected above, this string is passed as the When 'Git revision' is selected above, this string is passed as the
Git ref to check out. Examples: Git ref to check out. Examples: