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bug#15633: dd and host protected area
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bug#15633: dd and host protected area |
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Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:49:23 -0500 |
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On 2013/10/16 15:24, Phillip Susi wrote:
> On 10/16/2013 3:19 AM, Peter D. wrote:
>> Hi,
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>> Is it deliberate that dd can not read from, or write to the host
>> protected area? Or is it a bug?
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> The HPA is a feature of the drive, not the OS or software, so dd has
> no idea whether or not there is one and can not "get around" it. To
> unlock the full capacity of the drive you have to send commands to the
> drive. You can have the libata driver do this by setting
> libata.ignore_hpa=1.
Pardon me for jumping in here, but is there an option in OSX that can do
similarly? (I know, wrong list & all that jazz, maybe I can get lucky)
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