Comment 8 for bug 380138

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EagleDM (eagle-maximopc) wrote : Re: [Bug 380138] Re: Do NOT disable HPA by default -> leads to data loss

Yes, you're right and HPA disabled in firmware is useful as long as you
don't move the HDD to another machine, but I supposed that as long as you
stay things the same, this solution is far simpler than messing up with
libata.

Just my 2 cents.

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Phillip Susi <email address hidden> wrote:

> On 4/7/2010 12:14 PM, EagleDM wrote:
> > I do not agree.
> >
> > If you use the program HDAT2, boot from that and DISABLE HPA, the
> > program will disable it on the Firmware Level.
> >
> > At least in my case, with a Velociraptor RAID0 Array, both HPA's on both
> > disks were permanently disabled, I no longer have problems with Ubuntu
> > since I disabled it.
>
> Yes, and what does HDAT2 have to do with libata? It has an option to
> make the change permanent, libata does not.
>
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> Do NOT disable HPA by default -> leads to data loss
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