> What the drive reports as "native" capacity indeed does > *not* take into (negative-)account those sectors, that have > been remapped. So after real remaining capacity has dropped > below original capacity, querying the "native" size still > returns the original size, which is no longer physically > backed.
This is incorrect. > I ask for a module/boot-option to allow to skip hpa-checks > generally, or even for specific drives - to be used, if one > needs to be sure that these reserved sectors of a connected > drive are not going to be touched, even when re-partitioning > the disk. Afterall that's why they are reserved in the > first place. This is a matter for the partitioning tool. You don't know at boot time what you wish to do with the HPA so a boot option is inappropriate. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
