-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2015-07-24 14:57, greg.freemyer@gmail.com wrote:
But still I don't know how to enter, initially, the disk password. :-?
Carlos,
Here's someone describing setting the ATA password via the bios of a Dell Latitude then using hdparm to clear it.
http://thaeial.blogspot.com/2013/01/locking-and-unlocking-hdd-with-dell.html...
I believe many/most laptop bios's offer a simple selection to enter the ATA password. When that is done they pair themselves to the drive. It is not an exotic feature.
I knew about hdparm, but I have not noticed any entry in my BIOS for it. I will have another look. Even if it were unsecure, it is a deterrent on a laptop. If paranoid, I can have an encrypted partition for data files. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlWyQtMACgkQja8UbcUWM1yOqgD/T1Wn2xalU6W7YnOytsb9wTmz BPMxJCy2ycB2UBDVFoIA/j0PiVxGPk9BRNzcNbW9LOvVnn9DQjXVdt2i6kk5slh1 =TiSU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org