Locking Hdd With Usb-(s)ata Adapter. Options

[ldotsfan]

For a long time, I believed it was impossible to lock and unlock the xbox hdd with a USB-(S)ATA adapter. But apparently somebody has done it with JMicron chipset and it is also supported in Cypress chipset.

p-eak's comment on honzaf's patch to hdparm revealed he did a security erase which is indicative of use of the ATA security features. I did some work on incorporating hdparm stuff into hdtool - I am hoping I can recall enough of that stuff and use honzaf's patch in hdtool.

This requires further investigation. It will open up another avenue of doing hdd upgrades if successful as hdtool is the key component in xboxhdm2.X hdd lock/unlocking.

[sfgsgvs]

I think I got it setup the right way now through VirtualBox, but I can't lock or unlock the drives. If I try to lock/unlock a Seagate HDD from an old Xbox I get this error message:

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The running kernel lacks CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL support for this device.
SECURITY_UNLOCK: Invalid argument

Does this mean my USB -> IDE/SATA-adapter isn't compatible, or is something else giving me this error? The chipset in my adapter is Genesys Logic GL830. ./hdparm -I /dev/sdb is working though and gives me the right model, serial number, firmware revision etc. ./hdparm -I /dev/sdb didn't work with another external USB HDD I tried, so I'm hoping something else (preferably something easy to fix) is wrong with my setup.