From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 5 20:21:30 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A9A516A4CE for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 20:21:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (bgo1smout1.broadpark.no [217.13.4.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 935C443D2D for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 20:21:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no ([217.13.4.93]) by bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I9V00KZD1NN6D10@bgo1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Wed, 05 Jan 2005 21:16:35 +0100 (CET) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no ([80.202.72.152]) by bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with SMTP id <0I9V0055720YSK30@bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Wed, 05 Jan 2005 21:24:35 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 21:17:57 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq;m"_0v;~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH In-reply-to: <86llb7oglm.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-id: <20050105211757.5e7fb41a.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.0beta3 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <5e51d2fd05010509186ce427b3@mail.gmail.com> <5e51d2fd0501051018197d1f37@mail.gmail.com> <86llb7oglm.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org> Subject: Re: IBM T42p Hard Drive Issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 20:21:30 -0000 On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 19:50:29 +0100 Arne Schwabe 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