2011/4/29 Mark Lord <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > 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 > Hi, I downloaded the newest hdparm but the result is the same - the first command fails with "Input/output error", verbose shows: 8< -------------------------------------------------- enki@hikari:~/hdparm-9.37$ sudo ./hdparm --verbose --security-set-pass NULL /dev /sdb security_password="" /dev/sdb: Issuing SECURITY_SET_PASS command, password="", user=user, mode=high oflags.lob_all=0x82, flags={ feat command } oflags.hob_all=0x00, flags={ } outgoing cdb: 85 0a 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 f1 00 outgoing_data: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SG_IO: ATA_16 status=0x2, host_status=0x0, driver_status=0x8 SG_IO: sb[]: 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0e 09 0c 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 51 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SG_IO: desc[]: 09 0c 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 51 ATA_16 stat=51 err=04 nsect=00 lbal=00 lbam=00 lbah=00 dev=e0 I/O error, ata_op=0xf1 ata_status=0x51 ata_error=0x04 SECURITY_SET_PASS: Input/output error enki@hikari:~/hdparm-9.37$ 8< -------------------------------------------------- The second command fails in a similar way: 8< -------------------------------------------------- Script started on Fri 29 Apr 2011 10:54:44 PM CEST enki@hikari:~/hdparm-9.37$ sudo ./hdparm --verbose --security-erase NULL /dev/sdb security_password="" /dev/sdb: Issuing SECURITY_ERASE command, password="", user=user outgoing cdb: 85 08 0e 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 ec 00 SG_IO: ATA_16 status=0x0, host_status=0x0, driver_status=0x0 SG_IO: sb[]: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 incoming_data: 5a 04 ff 3f 37 c8 10 00 00 00 00 00 3f 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 20 20 20 20 20 42 53 32 30 43 34 47 47 4d 4a 42 35 44 47 03 00 b0 3a 04 00 42 53 4f 32 37 41 48 35 69 48 61 74 68 63 20 69 54 48 35 45 31 34 38 36 4a 30 41 39 30 54 20 30 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 80 00 00 00 0f 00 40 00 02 00 02 07 00 ff 3f 10 00 3f 00 10 fc fb 00 00 01 b0 f8 50 09 00 00 07 00 03 00 78 00 78 00 f0 00 78 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fc 00 1a 00 6b 74 e9 7f 63 41 6b 74 49 3e 63 41 3f 04 15 00 00 00 fe 40 fe ff 0b 60 fe 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0 f8 50 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 48 88 00 50 a5 cc e4 50 37 e6 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 40 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 00 0b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 58 32 00 00 00 00 33 33 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a5 c5 SG_IO: desc[]: 00 00 ATA_16 stat=00 err=00 nsect=00 lbal=00 lbam=00 lbah=00 dev=00 outgoing cdb: 85 06 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 f3 00 SG_IO: ATA_16 status=0x2, host_status=0x0, driver_status=0x8 SG_IO: sb[]: 72 00 00 00 00 00 00 0e 09 0c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SG_IO: desc[]: 09 0c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 50 ATA_16 stat=50 err=00 nsect=00 lbal=00 lbam=00 lbah=00 dev=e0 oflags.lob_all=0x82, flags={ feat command } oflags.hob_all=0x00, flags={ } outgoing cdb: 85 0a 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 f4 00 outgoing_data: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 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00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SG_IO: ATA_16 status=0x2, host_status=0x0, driver_status=0x8 SG_IO: sb[]: 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0e 09 0c 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 51 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SG_IO: desc[]: 09 0c 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 51 ATA_16 stat=51 err=04 nsect=00 lbal=00 lbam=00 lbah=00 dev=e0 I/O error, ata_op=0xf4 ata_status=0x51 ata_error=0x04 SECURITY_ERASE: Input/output error enki@hikari:~/hdparm-9.37$ 8< -------------------------------------------------- Br, Maciej Grela -- 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
