On 12/15/2014 10:36 PM, Todd Millecam wrote:
After the erase, the password is gone so no worries there. It's a
good idea to set the password because a lot of firmwares/bioses will
freeze the drive security settings after boot without one (Lenovo,
Dell, HP to name a few). If you get an I/O error running hdparm
commands, then do hdparm -I and look for the text " frozen"
which means your bios is freezing that functionality on the hard drive
immediately after boot.
If you do get this "frozen" mode using secure erase with ssd's, I've
been stumped by this - just suspend the system and unsuspend.
I never understood if this was some sort of bug or security through
obscurity...
-mb
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