This bug hits me too and prevents hard disk hot-plugging in Thinkpad Ultra Bay:
root@karmic:/home/callweil# /sbin/hdparm --user-master u --security-unlock 'letmein' /dev/sdb security_password="letmein"
/dev/sdb: Issuing SECURITY_UNLOCK command, password="letmein", user=user SECURITY_UNLOCK: Input/output error
This bug hits me too and prevents hard disk hot-plugging in Thinkpad Ultra Bay:
root@karmic: /home/callweil# /sbin/hdparm --user-master u --security-unlock 'letmein' /dev/sdb password= "letmein"
security_
/dev/sdb:
Issuing SECURITY_UNLOCK command, password="letmein", user=user
SECURITY_UNLOCK: Input/output error