Hard disk capacity detected incorrectly on disks that have been limited in capacity (destroked)
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Environment
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 Service Pack 1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 Service Pack 2
Situation
Resolution
This can be resolved by adding "libata.ignore_hpa=0" as a kernel parameter so that libata does not unlock the HPA.
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- Document ID:7005096
- Creation Date: 31-Dec-2009
- Modified Date:04-Oct-2022
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