Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 16:06:53 +0200 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Craig Boston <craig@tobuj.gank.org> Cc: sos@DeepCore.dk Subject: Re: ATA security commands, bug in atacontrol Message-ID: <86is312u82.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20050404215219.GA48852@nowhere> References: <200504031619.j33GJJMJ079167@marlena.vvi.at> <20050404215219.GA48852@nowhere>
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Craig Boston <craig@tobuj.gank.org> writes: > Um, wouldn't setting the password on a system in which the BIOS offers > no ATA security support render the system unbootable? The BIOS would > be unable to read the boot sector without first unlocking the disk... You are assuming that there is only one disk in the machine, and that the machine is booting from that disk. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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