Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:29:30 +0100 | Subject | Re: Allow turning off hpa-checking. | From | Andreas Leitgeb <> |
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On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 07:59:40PM +0000, Alan wrote: > > size remains still constant, and the exceeding damaged sectors are > > auto-"hidden" by the drive by means of HPA. > > Still incorrect? > Still incorrect. HPA has nothing to do with damaged sectors. The damaged > sectors are replaced from a pool of sectors that are reserved for this > purpose.
Please re-read my previous mail. I *explicitly* wrote that I'm talking about drives, whose "reserved pool of extra/spare sectors" was already exhausted.
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