Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760111AbZDQAun (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:50:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753672AbZDQAuc (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:50:32 -0400 Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.171]:50545 "EHLO wf-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755891AbZDQAub (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:50:31 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :x-mailer; b=nGd7vmX1sm4rJxN6YGezA80zUBHhiyiI1+vwY1b4affJ1iDH8gS1YxSth7KZcx1s9n FYAkFFYUKmwJ7Q04UDmXYCBnMIdLnwHkYDYRjEIUFcOV4d1J9ZU1IzzvVqL1+Uf8YI3N mtucjtZsR/3OWZj84r6DIj5oJJbbR8YsnTp7g= Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-Id: From: Robert Nicholson To: Matthew Garrett In-Reply-To: <20090417004633.GB869@srcf.ucam.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Subject: Re: Does the linux kernel contain support for ATA Security feature set? Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:50:14 -0500 References: <20090417004633.GB869@srcf.ucam.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 991 Lines: 25 So you're implying that it is possible to do a SECURE_ERASE using hdparm then. I don't know why but HDDERASE tool requires legacy IDE mode. On Apr 16, 2009, at 7:46 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 06:49:59PM -0500, Robert Nicholson wrote: >> So, I've got an X-25M that I want to securely erase and it turns out >> on a Mac I'm not going to be able to issue the command because it >> doesn't support legacy IDE mode from what I understand. So the idea >> of >> a any boot CD that I could boot and run a program that can issue a >> SECURE_ERASE (SE) to the drive is only applicable to PC's. > > Why is the lack of legacy IDE an issue? hdparm works fine with SATA > setups. > -- > Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/