Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 21:30:32 +0100 From: Thomas Beer <nohuman@gmail.com> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM T42p Hard Drive Issue Message-ID: <5e51d2fd05010512306c747542@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050105211757.5e7fb41a.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <5e51d2fd05010509186ce427b3@mail.gmail.com> <5e51d2fd0501051018197d1f37@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.OSX.4.58.0501051219510.25928@mocha.thcproductions.com> <86llb7oglm.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org> <20050105211757.5e7fb41a.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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Finaly, I found it in my BIOS. But I'm cautious to continue with the installation fearing to destroy the other partitions. If I delete the ext2 slice and create a new slice for BSD two new entries appear in fdisk. And, having moved the HPA area/slice to the end of the HD, would BSD just use the slice I assign? What's with the second entry in fdisk? And what's with a suspend area? Do I have to add another slice? Thanks Tom On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 21:17:57 +0100, Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> wrote: > On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 19:50:29 +0100 > Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org> wrote: > > > Not on the first slice but at the end of the disk, this area seem to > > be empty but it is not. IIrc the bios also reports a lower disk size > > to hide that area but Fbsd ignores that iirc. So be careful when > > This is the HPA or "Host Protected Area", and it's kind of a standard on > many drives these days (search on Google for it). I think it was ATA-4 > which first implemented it. > Some info here: > http://www.sleuthkit.org/informer/sleuthkit-informer-17.html#hpa > and here: > http://www.techpathways.com/webhelp/Advanced_Tips/Advanced_tips_and_tricks.htm > > It seems strange that FreeBSD doesn't > account for the HPA, but stranger things have happened... > -- > Regards, > Torfinn Ingolfsen, > Norway > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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