Nick

Don't use DBAN. It hasn't been maintained in nearly a decade. Use DBAN's successor, ShredOS https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64 which is fully updated and works with the vast majority of old and new hardware.

Use ShredOS instead https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64 DBAN hasn't been maintained for nearly a decade and doesn't support a lot of hardware anymore.

Hopefully there was nothing you needed on that SSD as it sounds like you weren't expecting DBAN to write to the SSD. As the speed is 19377 KB/s ( 19.3 MB/S ). That's pretty slow for a SSD ! I've got a feeling DBAN may not sync the drive periodically so if it comes across an error the throughput goes really low, i.e as in 19 MB/S and it appears to hang in that the percentage completed freezes. Technically DBAN will wipe a SSD but not in the recommended way using the drives own firmware. Known as a...

Hopefully there was nothing you needed on that SSD as it sounds like you weren't expecting DBAN to write to the SSD. As the speed is 19377 KB/s ( 19.3 MB/S ). That's pretty slow for a SSD ! I've got a feeling DBAN may not sync the drive periodically so if it comes across an error the throughput goes really low, i.e as in 19 MB/S and it appears to hang in that the percentage completed freezes. Technically DBAN will wipe a SSD but not in the recommended way using the drives own firmware. Known as a...

Can you try ShredOS on those systems, I would be interested in knowing whether ShredOS recognises those devices. It's also maintained and works on lots of new hardware as well as old. If you try it, choose the latest pre-release.

https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64/ It's the maintained version of DBAN that boots straight into nwipe. You will probably find this works better and has more features and runs a far newer kernel supporting newer hardware and supports UEFI booting, and disk drive temperature monitoring, and fixes the security holes in DBAN when it comes to PRNG passes. DBAN hasn't been updated in a very long time. You will need to disassemble raid to wipe the drives properly with verification. As already...

https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64/releases/tag/v2021.08.2_21_x86-64_0.32.023 It's the maintained version of DBAN that boots straight into nwipe. You will probably find this works better and has more features and runs a far newer kernel supporting newer hardware and supports UEFI booting, and disk drive temperature monitoring, and fixes the security holes in DBAN when it comes to PRNG passes. DBAN hasn't been updated in a very long time. You will need to disassemble raid to wipe the...

https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64.iso ad .img files are available for burning to CD/DVD and USB flash drives using either 32 or 64 bit processors. ShredOS is much like DBAN (it was a fork) but is actively maintained and works on modern hardware. Has more wipe methods and fixes the bugs and security issues that DBAN has.