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  1. Bug #380138
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 380138

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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote : Re: [Bug 380138] Re: Do NOT disable HPA by default -> leads to data loss

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.