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275 lines
9.4 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: atactl.8,v 1.24 2013/01/09 21:58:23 riastradh Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Ken Hornstein.
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.\"
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.Dd January 9, 2013
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.Dt ATACTL 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm atactl
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.Nd a program to manipulate ATA (IDE) devices and busses
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Ar device
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.Ar command
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.Oo
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.Ar arg Oo ...
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.Oc
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.Oc
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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allows a user or system administrator to issue commands to and otherwise
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control devices which reside on standard IDE and ATA controllers, or
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the ATA bus itself.
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It is used by specifying a device or bus to manipulate,
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the command to perform, and any arguments the command may require.
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.Sh DEVICE COMMANDS
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The following commands may be used on IDE and ATA devices.
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Note that not all devices support all commands.
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.Bl -tag -width setidleXX
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.It Cm identify
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Identify the specified device, displaying the device's vendor, product,
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revision strings, and the device's capabilities.
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.It Cm idle
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Place the specified device into Idle mode.
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This mode may consume less power than Active mode.
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.It Cm standby
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Place the specified device into Standby mode.
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This mode will consume less power than Idle mode.
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.It Cm sleep
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Place the specified device into Sleep mode.
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This mode will consume less power than Standby mode,
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but requires a device reset to resume operation.
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Typically the
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.Xr wd 4
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driver performs this reset automatically,
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but this should still be used with caution.
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.It Cm setidle Ar idle-timer
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Places the specified device into Idle mode,
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and sets the Idle timer to
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.Ar idle-timer
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seconds.
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A value of 0 will disable the Idle timer.
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.It Cm setstandby Ar standby-timer
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Places the specified device into Standby mode,
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and sets the Standby timer to
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.Ar standby-timer
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seconds.
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A value of 0 will disable the Standby timer.
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.It Cm checkpower
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Will print out if the device is in Active, Idle, or Standby power
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management mode.
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.It Cm apm Bq Ar disable | set #
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Controls the Advanced Power Management feature of the specified device.
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Advanced Power Management is an optional feature used to specify a power
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management level to balance between device performance and power consumption.
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.Bl -tag -width selftestXlogXX
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.It Ar disable
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Disable the Advanced Power Management.
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.It Ar set #
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Enable the Advanced Power Management feature and set its level to the value #,
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where # is an integer within the scale 0-253; being 0 the mode with the
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lowest power consumption (and thus the worse performance) and 253 the mode
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which provides the better performance at a cost of more power consumption.
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.Pp
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It should be noted that the effect of the value need not be continous.
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For example, a device might provide only two modes: one from 0 to 126
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and other from 127 to 253.
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Per the specification, values of 127 and higher do not permit the device
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to spin down to save power.
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.El
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.It Cm smart Bq Ar enable | disable | status | offline # | error-log | selftest-log
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Controls SMART feature set of the specified device.
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SMART stands for Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.
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It provides an early warning system by comparing subtle operation
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characteristics to those determined in vendor testing
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to precede device failures.
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.Bl -tag -width selftestXlogXX
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.It Ar enable
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Enables access to SMART capabilities within the device.
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Prior to being enabled, a SMART capable device neither
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monitors nor saves SMART attribute values.
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The state of SMART, either enabled or disabled, will
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be preserved by the device across power cycles.
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.It Ar disable
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Disables access to SMART capabilities within the device.
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Attribute values will be saved, and will no longer be monitored.
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.It Ar status
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Reports whether SMART is supported by the device, and whether SMART is
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enabled on the device (can only be determined on ATA6 or better devices).
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If SMART is enabled, then a table of attribute information is printed.
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Attributes are the specific performance or calibration parameters that
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are used in analyzing the status of the device.
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The specific set of attributes being used and the identity of
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these attributes is vendor specific and proprietary.
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.Pp
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Attribute values are used to represent the relative reliability of
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individual performance or calibration parameters.
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The valid range of attribute values is from 1 to 253 decimal.
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Lower values indicate that the analysis algorithms being used by the device
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are predicting a higher probability of a degrading or faulty condition.
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.Pp
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Each attribute value has a corresponding threshold limit which is used for
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direct comparison to the attribute value to indicate the existence of a
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degrading or faulty condition.
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The numerical value of the attribute thresholds are determined by the
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device manufacturer through design and reliability testing and analysis.
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Each attribute threshold represents the lowest limit to which its
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corresponding attribute value can equal while still retaining a
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positive reliability status.
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.Pp
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If the crit field is
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.Dq yes
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then negative reliability of this attribute
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predicts imminent data loss.
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Otherwise it merely indicates that the intended design life period
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of usage or age has been exceeded.
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The collect field indicates whether this attribute is updated while the
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device is online.
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The reliability field indicates whether the attribute
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value is within the acceptable threshold.
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.It Ar offline #
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Runs the numbered offline self-test on the drive.
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.It Ar error-log
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Prints the error log.
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.It Ar selftest-log
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Prints the self-test log.
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.El
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.It Cm security Bq Ar status | freeze | setpass | unlock | disable | erase
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Controls
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.Dq security
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(password protection) features of modern ATA drives.
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The security commands are intended to be issued by low-level
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software (firmware / BIOS) only.
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Generally, the security status should be
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.Dq frozen
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before the operating system is started so that misbehaving or malicious
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software cannot set or change a password.
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Older and buggy BIOSes neglect to do so; in these cases it might make
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sense to issue the
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.Dq freeze
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command early in the boot process.
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.Bl -tag -width freezeXX
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.It Ar status
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displays the drive's security status
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.It Ar freeze
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freezes the drive's security status
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.It Ar setpass Bq user | master
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sets the drive's user or master password
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.It Ar unlock Bq user | master
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unlocks a password-protected drive
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.It Ar disable Bq user | master
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disables password protection
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.It Ar erase Bq user | master
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erases the device and clears security state, using enhanced erasure if
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the drive supports it; may take a long time to run
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.El
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.Pp
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Note that to erase a drive, it must have a password set and be
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unfrozen.
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If you can't persuade your firmware to leave the drive unfrozen on
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boot, but it is a SATA drive, say
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.Pa wd2
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at
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.Pa atabus3 ,
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that you can safely physically disconnect and reconnect, then you may
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be able to use SATA hot-plug to work around this: first run
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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# drvctl -d wd2
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Then physically disconnect and reconnect the drive, and run
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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# drvctl -r -a ata_hl atabus3
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.Ed
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.Pp
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After this, check that the security status does not list
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.Dq frozen :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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# atactl wd2 security status
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supported
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#
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.Ed
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.El
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.Sh BUS COMMANDS
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The following commands may be used on IDE and ATA busses.
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Note that not all devices support all commands.
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.Bl -tag -width resetXX
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.It Cm reset
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Reset the bus.
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This will reset all ATA devices present on the bus.
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Any ATAPI device with pending commands will also be reset.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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To erase
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.Pa wd2
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which is currently unfrozen and has no password set:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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# atactl wd2 security status
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supported
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# atactl wd2 security setpass user
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Password:
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Confirm password:
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# atactl wd2 security status
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supported
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enabled
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# atactl wd2 security erase user
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Password:
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Erasing may take up to 0h 2m 0s...
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#
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr ioctl 2 ,
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.Xr wd 4 ,
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.Xr dkctl 8 ,
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.Xr drvctl 8 ,
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.Xr scsictl 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command first appeared in
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.Nx 1.4 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Nm
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command was written by Ken Hornstein.
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It was based heavily on the
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.Xr scsictl 8
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command written by Jason R. Thorpe.
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.Sh BUGS
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The output from the
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.Cm identify
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command is rather ugly.
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.Pp
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Support for master passwords is not implemented.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nx
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kernel behaves poorly with drives that have passwords set and are
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locked.
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