"libata ignore_hpa=1" doesn't wok on SATA ?

Hi, . I would like to see the whole disk area and erase the hpa area in my desktop. At first I tried "setmax.c" program but it didn't work on SATA at least. So I upgraeded it to FC7 and added "libata ignore_hpa=1" option on boot command and /etc/modprobe.conf. This option was accepted but still th

LZMA error on 2.6.16

Hi, . While compiling kernel on FC7, kernel-2.6.16 with LZMA compression utilily, we got the following compile error message. I already applied two pathes,lzma-init-2.6.16.patch5 , lzma-vmlinuz-2.6.16.patch5. And during compressing vmlinuz, I meet an error like the following messages. I also tried

SETMAX.C seems not support SATA

Hi, . I tried this SETMAX.C program in order to delete HPA area. But some commands failed cause of "No such file or directory" or "Input/output error" even though kernel detect HPA and the whole disk information. I am using SATA drive, 250GB with Fedora 7. Could you please give me more information

Bug #82314 in linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu), test result

Hi, . According to Kyle's recommendation, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/82314, we tested ignore_hpa option after upgrading to kernel-2.6.20.10. But it didn't work as the following messages. In fdisk output, it can't show us the whole disk size. In messages file,

HPA patch doesn't work on my SATA, kernel-2.6.18

Hi, . I want to remove HPA in SATA, I was recommended to follow this linux-ide site. http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg05215.html I want to remove HPA area under Kernel-2.6.18. But after patching ,I couldn't see anything like HPA in dmesg and fdisk information. There is no difference