-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/16/2013 3:19 AM, Peter D. wrote: > Hi, > > Is it deliberate that dd can not read from, or write to the host > protected area? Or is it a bug?
The HPA is a feature of the drive, not the OS or software, so dd has no idea whether or not there is one and can not "get around" it. To unlock the full capacity of the drive you have to send commands to the drive. You can have the libata driver do this by setting libata.ignore_hpa=1. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSXvYTAAoJEJrBOlT6nu75nbIH/3fbuqzWpJWKFr9ngYvHcMcB FkMNDF7Up0JrmaT/7/uXwfGVjUYiGiPdGI9EzmizpKhunfdxc5qkmiM8bD1M2+NW Nk8dJp/Pc2gw4N++w7IsqQ4U5vPPlqLYRDmYGecC7HOSpRLecHRKXd8V3vMJYvDd /Tw463Jk/svlZOBGUmtQZnlZnIsjRgcxWqDfMx+4yskjDTVYy7dPjxEa8OEqkBmB X75N2RN+k7KS/CHtXLMdZ/RwqovSvpbQPuc8WoTgq35GA+IDhFNT/iLExgSooLp+ ijE4JmWsUg867ZxVgYFqKzjARBxYwxxt2sTBk9tFG9AxbZEGldvSGW7PeRgwIjw= =d4XP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
