From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 20 20:50:07 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 16C8E14C for ; Tue, 20 May 2014 20:50:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp1.multiplay.co.uk (smtp1.multiplay.co.uk [85.236.96.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF2FF213B for ; Tue, 20 May 2014 20:50:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp1.multiplay.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 580F920E7088C; Tue, 20 May 2014 20:50:04 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.multiplay.co.uk X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.8 required=8.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DOS_OE_TO_MX, FSL_HELO_NON_FQDN_1, HELO_NO_DOMAIN, RDNS_DYNAMIC, STOX_REPLY_TYPE, TVD_FINGER_02 autolearn=no version=3.3.1 Received: from r2d2 (82-69-141-170.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.141.170]) by smtp1.multiplay.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 69CC020E7088A; Tue, 20 May 2014 20:50:00 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: From: "Steven Hartland" To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" , References: <38408.1400617200@server1.tristatelogic.com> Subject: Re: GEOM_PART: Integrity check failed (ada2, MBR) Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 21:49:54 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 20:50:07 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" To: "Steven Hartland" ; Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 9:20 PM Subject: Re: GEOM_PART: Integrity check failed (ada2, MBR) > > In message <90779722305645B99AA673EDA11C349F@multiplay.co.uk>, > "Steven Hartland" wrote: > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" >> >>> I already have sought, and have already been provided with the steps >>> that I need to undertake in order to "repair" the apparent capacity of >>> the drive in question, and I am already making plans to replace my >>> *&^%$#@ Gigabyte motherboard with something different with all due >>> haste. >> >>Just in case you or others are unaware later versions of camcontrol have >>the ability to see and edit / remove HPA. > > I, for one, was most certainly *not* aware of that. > > Could I ask you to please elaborate? How would this be done... using > camcontrol? > >From memory, as its been a while since I wrote it, first use identify to see the details: camcontrol identify ata0 You'll see the details of HPA at the bottom e.g. Host Protected Area (HPA) yes yes 33554432/250069680 HPA - Security no If you're disk has HPA enabled you can remove it by configuring the max sectors to the full disk size (the number on the right) If the drive doesn't have security (a password set) as above: camcontrol hpa ada0 -s 250069680 -P If it is locked you need to specify the password to unlock it. camcontrol hpa ada0 -s 250069680 -P -U For more details see man camcontrol. Hope this helps. Regards Steve