On Sat, 2010-10-09 at 02:27 -0600, Linuxguy123 wrote: > > >From man hdparm: > > --security-erase PWD > Erase (locked) drive, using password PWD (DANGEROUS). > Password is given as an ASCII string and is padded > with NULs to reach 32 bytes. Use the special password > NULL to represent an empty password. The applicable > drive password is selected with the --user-master switch. > No other flags are permitted on the command line > with this one. THIS FEATURE IS EXPERIMENTAL AND NOT WELL > TESTED. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. > > > In actual use: > > # hdparm --security-erase NULL /dev/sdd > security_password="" > > /dev/sdd: > Issuing SECURITY_ERASE command, password="", user=master > ERASE_PREPARE: Invalid exchange > > Why ???? I have this drive connected via a USB adapter. Would that cause this problem ? -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
