> I just connected the HDD in question to a PC and the kernel there DID NOT > detect a HPA! Funny enough the output of cat /proc/ide/hdb/identify is > different. Shouldn't it be the same!? No they will be different because the PC hardware works properly. We'll read both sizes realize they are the same and thus not report an HPA. This essentially confirms your hardware or driver is bust. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
