Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 20:42:28 +0400 From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <garys@opusnet.com> Cc: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hidden spot on hard drives? Message-ID: <cb5206420510060942q69b5f36l1b590cbe381ea594@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <lmmzlmwr1b.zlm@mail.opusnet.com> References: <20051005184437.GA36369@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <0bvf0bwk7k.f0b@mail.opusnet.com> <434531A6.4080401@meijome.net> <lmmzlmwr1b.zlm@mail.opusnet.com>
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On 10/6/05, Gary W. Swearingen <garys@opusnet.com> wrote: > Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> writes: > > > Where does HPA(Host protected Area) sit in all this? is this the > > 'boot sector' trick? > > I don't know. I just heard that some computer makers are somehow > reserving as much as half the HDD for a full copy of the OS to recover > from when the normal one trips over itself. It's all on the BIOS/partitioning level anyway. FreeBSD won't be too shy to look into both parts of the hard drive. These "protection" measures are always more or less security through obscurity. Which is somewhat effective, but never long-lasting.
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