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From: David Goodenough on 4 Mar 2010 16:40 On Thursday 04 March 2010, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 15:58:02 -0500 (EST), David Goodenough wrote: > > I found Host Protected Area on Google, and it said I could turn it off > > using hdparm, but when I try it says:- > > > > hdparm -N /dev/hda > > > > /dev/hda: > > The running kernel lacks CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL support for this device. > > READ_NATIVE_MAX_ADDRESS_EXT failed: Invalid argument > > > > Do we need another option turned on in the kernel? > > Make sure you really know what you're doing if you disable detection > of a system-protected area. If it really is a system-protected area, > it's protected for a reason, and you ought not to let Linux use it. > I'm thinking way back to the IBM PS/2 model 9577 that I used to have. > This machine has a microchannel bus. It had a "system partition" > on the (SCSI) hard disk that contained what used to be on the "reference > diskette" and "advanced diagnostic diskette" on older PS/2 models. It > contained things such as the advanced BIOS routines (BIOS routines designed > to be called from protected mode -- intended for use by OS/2), > the BIOS setup program, microchannel configuration utilities, > diagnostic and testing routines, etc. > > If you wipe that out, the > machine cannot boot *anything* EXCEPT a valid reference > diskette -- a diskette containing what the system partition should > contain. I had to backup the system partition to diskettes > (using IBM's internal backup utility) prior to upgrading to a bigger > hard disk, then boot the reference diskette just created and > re-create the system partition on the new hard disk after installing it. > If I didn't follow that special procedure, my machine was a brick. > > Things are done differently now, of course, but the point is "don't > mess with a system protected area unless you really know what you are > doing". Maybe this is something else, but be sure first. > yes I remember the PS/2 which loaded its microcode from there. But this disk has been run with kernel 2.6.26 which seemed to ignore the HPA, so whatever was there has already been overwritten so I have no problem turning it off. And this is not the disk that came with this machine, its a replacement. David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201003042130.43204.david.goodenough(a)btconnect.com
From: Mike Dresser on 4 Mar 2010 17:10 On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, David Goodenough wrote: > hda: Host Protected Area detected. > ^Icurrent capacity is 268435455 sectors (137438 MB) > ^Inative capacity is 312581808 sectors (160041 MB) Is this a PATA drive, and from there, has a jumper on the back for LBA48? Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/alpine.DEB.1.10.1003041645270.17732(a)router.windsormachine.com
From: consul tores on 5 Mar 2010 02:00 2010/3/4 Mike Dresser <mdresser_l(a)router.windsormachine.com>: > On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, David Goodenough wrote: > >> hda: Host Protected Area detected. >> ^Icurrent capacity is 268435455 sectors (137438 MB) >> ^Inative capacity is 312581808 sectors (160041 MB) > > Is this a PATA drive, and from there, has a jumper on the back for LBA48? > > Mike The problem does not look related with HD, it is more related to the kernel. Anyway, You can use a specific tool which is provided by the HDs' company. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cdeec9051003042251i79c8758bjedad5f31e150935f(a)mail.gmail.com
From: David Goodenough on 5 Mar 2010 04:30 On Friday 05 March 2010, consul tores wrote: > 2010/3/4 Mike Dresser <mdresser_l(a)router.windsormachine.com>: > > On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, David Goodenough wrote: > >> hda: Host Protected Area detected. > >> ^Icurrent capacity is 268435455 sectors (137438 MB) > >> ^Inative capacity is 312581808 sectors (160041 MB) > > > > Is this a PATA drive, and from there, has a jumper on the back for LBA48? > > > > Mike > > The problem does not look related with HD, it is more related to the > kernel. Anyway, You can use a specific tool which is provided by the HDs' > company. > Well the linux tool to do the job is supposed to be hdparm -N, but that does not work because the correct option is not selected in the kernel (CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL). David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201003050929.16200.david.goodenough(a)btconnect.com
From: consul tores on 5 Mar 2010 09:10
2010/3/5 David Goodenough <david.goodenough(a)btconnect.com>: > On Friday 05 March 2010, consul tores wrote: >> 2010/3/4 Mike Dresser <mdresser_l(a)router.windsormachine.com>: >> > On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, David Goodenough wrote: >> >> hda: Host Protected Area detected. >> >> ^Icurrent capacity is 268435455 sectors (137438 MB) >> >> ^Inative capacity is 312581808 sectors (160041 MB) >> > >> > Is this a PATA drive, and from there, has a jumper on the back for LBA48? >> > >> > Mike >> >> The problem does not look related with HD, it is more related to the >> kernel. Anyway, You can use a specific tool which is provided by the HDs' >> company. >> > Well the linux tool to do the job is supposed to be hdparm -N, but that > does not work because the correct option is not selected in the kernel > (CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL). > > David Yes, it is absolutely correct respect to kernel, but the second sentences is related to the HD (hardware). The first one reffers to the kernel. francisco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cdeec9051003050605u1aa44d52oc11986b9be19304f(a)mail.gmail.com |