Marking the bug as "Invalid" since it was no problem in parted but just
a BIOS/HPA issue.
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Status: Triaged => Invalid
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Finally I got rid of my HPA.
The HDAT2 forum holds the answer:
http://hdat2.getphpbb.com/hdat2-common-f3/drive-does-not-remember-set-
max-address-t120.html
User "drasar" describes the necessary steps for his Acer TravelMate
8004LMi which is very similar to my Acer TravelMate 662LMi:
I solv
You might check with your motherboard manufacturer to see if there is a
way to disable their use of the HPA. Also the bios probably won't refer
to it as HPA, but rather call it some sort of big disk access mode
option. I have never used HDAT2 myself, but when configuring the disks
HPA you can dis
Oh, and look for a bios option to run the controller in AHCI mode.
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As I already noted in Bug #270151 option "break=modules" to load the
libata driver hangs my system before the busybox prompt appers.
No BIOS option exists to disable/remove the HPA. Once I remove the HPA
with HDAT2 it reappears after I reboot the system.
I currently see no chance of installing a
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As I said in bug #270151 you can do this:
echo options libata ignore_hpa=1 > /etc/modprobe.d/libata-options
This should work on the livecd if you do it from the busybox prompt in
the initramfs, or should take effect permanently when done from the hard
disk.
Also you should check your bios for an
The HPA of my laptop seems to be the cause of the problem:
Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 5: parted -s /dev/sda print -> "Error: Can't have a
partition outside the disk!"
dmesg | grep HPA:
[5.462165] ata1.00: HPA detected: current 268435455, native
312581808
The disk is actually 160GB but due to the HPA
Yes, they do. Please show me the output of 'parted -s /dev/sda print'.
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Sourcepackagename: ubiquity => parted
Status: New => Incomplete
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This not only happens in ubiquity but also in the text mode installer of
the alternate CD.
Clicking on /dev/sda offers me to create a new partition table.
Do both installers share a common library that is responsible for HDD
detection?
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