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If your bios is not allowing secure ATA functionality ("frozen" in hdparm) try doing a pm-suspend and then waking back up. For me this unfroze the drive, althou
by verall 4y ago
If your bios is not allowing secure ATA functionality ("frozen" in hdparm) try doing a pm-suspend and then waking back up. For me this unfroze the drive, although I have no idea why. I was then able to mess with ata security options, run secure erase, etc.
- calebio 4y agoIIRC it is often frozen by the BIOS on boot. I think the pm-suspend/wake 'reinits' (for lack of a better word) the drive and doesn't set the magic frozen bit. I'd love to know from someone who has the actual tech details vs. my half-remembering an explanation from a wiki.