On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 06:10:33PM +0000, Alan wrote: > > What else (if not sector remapping) could make the "current" > > size gradually smaller between reboots. And why is "native" > > size still constant? And why does now even access to the but-last > > native sector fail? The explanation with block-reads no longer > > works. > The presented size of an ATA disk is constant. It keeps additional space > for error blocks. The HPA merely tells the disk to lie about its size.
I was speaking about a disk, whose "additional space" appeared to be already exhausted. After that, it appears as if the native size remains still constant, and the exceeding damaged sectors are auto-"hidden" by the drive by means of HPA. Still incorrect? Then I'm also speaking about not-broken disks, where I just want to be able to tell the driver to believe the drive's "HPA-lie" for whatever reason :-) > > How should the partitioning tool know, if I want to ignore the > > HPA, or respect it (knowing it contains stuff that I might need in > > future). Does there exist any that asks me? > I have no idea. If not perhaps one should be written. Till that happens ... ;-) - 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/