-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2015-07-24 14:26, greg.freemyer@gmail.com wrote:
Doesn't it require support from the BIOS, to prompt for the password on each boot? I have not seen anybody using this method, with Linux (on boot/system disk).
It does need bios support, but it doesn't work as you describe from what I understand.
The password is maintained by the bios. When the disk is powered on it initially refuses to accept read/write commands. The bios automatically sends the password and enables the drive.
Oh! :-o How does the bios know the password? It has to be entered somewhere.
No user interaction required.
Typically a user would also have a separate bios password setup that has to be entered. But that is a separate password, so the user only enters the ata password once when the bios and the drive are paired together. Makes it very easy to forget.
Ah, I see. But still I don't know how to enter, initially, the disk password. :-? - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlWyL/YACgkQja8UbcUWM1wEzQD/ZHftQBMO4oVmTxus634DNnCF zhqu1x84NnMBGRmSRpoA/2SWYjezgMbn95c3wM5KqmenY5T8RLbN3Uhsmak27zuj =50qQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org