---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 30.08.2005 10:38 Subject: Re: IDE HPA To: Greg Felix <greg.felix@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Oliver Tennert <O.Tennert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Maw, 2005-08-30 at 09:52 -0600, Greg Felix wrote: > Right. I get the output at bootup time. It reads that the HPA is > 20MB. Which is exactly the size of how far off the metadata is in > Linux (once the HPA is disabled). So your actual problem is nothing to do with the kernel or with the HPA behaviour ? Whatever tool you are using for raid set up isn't reading and processing the right fields. It isnt the kernels fault if you compute from of end of disk rather than from end of non reserved area is it ? _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list