First let me start by acknowledging that i have a very edge case configuration but i am required by company policy to have a FIPS certified SED(Self Encrypting Drive) in my BYOD machine.
I just got a new Framework Laptop 16 and for the life of me i cannot get either of the two SED SSDs that i have been supplied with to work properly.
They are a Digistor Citadel C-ADV and a Kanguru SED300 and the strange behavior starts as soon as i am installing an OS on them before even activating the encryption and the Pre Boot Auth env.
They are both recognized fine and boot if the power button is pressed or a shutdown is performed but i get the dreaded “couldn’t detect an operating system or bootable drive” if a restart is performed, have to manually power cycle the machine before they show up and boot normally.
After enabling the OPAL compliant encryption/PBA the drive is still present at the hw device level in the “Attached device list” but cannot be booted from.
Tried everything i could think of in the BIOS, it seems the “BlockSID” option is missing as well as the option to explicitly enable AHCI mode.
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!