Because the HPA is now spanning my entire array, to reproduce the original problem now I should back up 1TB data from three operating systems to some other place which I do not have, format everything, install Windows on the RAID, put in the live CD and test the bug, then pray that restoring everything will work. All about 2-3 days.
Sorry, but no way. I think I already did the hard part by identifying the problem. Fixing it or just forwarding the bug to the relevant developers should be relatively easy.
Because the HPA is now spanning my entire array, to reproduce the original problem now I should back up 1TB data from three operating systems to some other place which I do not have, format everything, install Windows on the RAID, put in the live CD and test the bug, then pray that restoring everything will work. All about 2-3 days.
Sorry, but no way. I think I already did the hard part by identifying the problem. Fixing it or just forwarding the bug to the relevant developers should be relatively easy.