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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