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List:       linux-thinkpad
Subject:    [ltp] Re: is there a way to mount an encrypted USB drive?
From:       Stefan Monnier <monnier () iro ! umontreal ! ca>
Date:       2012-07-03 22:49:15
Message-ID: jwvlij04g5s.fsf-monnier+gmane.linux.hardware.thinkpad () gnu ! org
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>> The thinkpad BIOS supports hardware encryption, but it only prompts
>> for passwords on SATA-attached drives.  It does not find USB-attached
>> HDDs that have hardware encryption, and does not prompt for a
>> password.  How can these drives be mounted?
> I guess it doesn't work because HDD hardware encryption is controlled
> over ATA commands that don't work over USB.

BTW, I recently got a USB3 to SATA/PATA adapter from dealextreme and
discovered to my surprise that it properly passes through the info
needed for hdparm's spin-down settings as well as smartctl's
temperature data.  It might very well pass more smart commands than just
what you get from "smartctl -A", but I haven't tried them.

Still, it's the first time I can get the full "smartctl -A" data
from a USB drive, as well as set the spin-down timeout.


        Stefan

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