Alan wrote: >> 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. Ah. I see. > This essentially confirms your hardware or driver is bust. Ok. So the mean problem is that reading the HOB registers does not work ... Hmmm. -- Steven - 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
