On 11-04-27 04:15 PM, Maciej Grela wrote: > Hi ata gurus, > > I have a 2.5'' PATA drive with security enabled and unknown password. > I'd like to erase that disk and use it. I've been trying to apply the > instructions at the libata wiki: > https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase but they cover > only the scenario in which the drive doesn't have security enabled > before we start the procedure. In my case this approach doesn't work > because I cannot set the password (step 3a): First, update your hdparm to hdparm-9.37 from sourceforge. Distros seem to continue to ship old versions for some weird reason, and there have been lots of improvements since the 2008 copy they use. Then, try this: hdparm --security-set-pass NULL /dev/sdx hdparm --security-erase NULL /dev/sdx Cheers -ml -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
