Dear Mark:
2008/2/16, Mark Lord <liml@xxxxxx>:
> Mark Lord wrote:
> > Richard Liu wrote:
> >
> > Thanks. By running the above data through hdparm --Istdin,
> > I see that the drive is indeed identifying itself as a 33MB drive.
> >
> > Probably because it has been told to do so by either the factory defaults,
> > or the BIOS, having enabled these features (which can cause it to report
> > fake values for various things):
> >
> > * Host Protected Area feature set
> > * Device Configuration Overlay feature set
> >
> > So that's why the 1TB drive appears as a 33MB drive.
> >
> > In the near future, I will be enhancing hdparm to query more
> > detailed data from underneath those artificial features.
> >
> > But you'll have to enable the entire 1TB capacity if you want Linux to
> > use it.
> > It is currently disabled in the drive, and Linux respects that.
> ..
>
> Okay, hdparm-8.1 is now available from sourceforge.net.
> Download it, build it ("make"), and see what you get from "hdparm -N /dev/sdc"
>
> Thanks
>
I downloaded hdparm-8.1
and here is output information.
# ./hdparm -N /dev/sdc
/dev/sdc:
max sectors = 65134/1953525168, HPA is enabled
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