From: Peter Klotz <peter.klotz@aon.at>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.24.*/2.6.25.*: attempt to access beyond end of device
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 17:20:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48286045.507@aon.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080512105942.62607f53@core>
Alan Cox wrote:
> Your Ubuntu kernel is clearing the host protected area (the BIOS has
> marked the end part of the disk as 'reserved' - probably for an XP
> restore partition), the base one for some reason is not.
>
> Set the boot option "libata.ignore_hpa=1". That defaults to zero
> (respecting the BIOS) so that users don't accidentally blow away BIOS
> partitions and restore images, except apparently Ubuntu patch it the
> other way by default.
Thank you very much for clarifying this behavior.
Using "options libata ignore_hpa=1" and rebuilding initrd now lets
2.6.25.3 boot without problems.
Best regards, Peter.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-12 15:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-12 5:31 2.6.24.*/2.6.25.*: attempt to access beyond end of device Peter Klotz
2008-05-12 9:59 ` Alan Cox
2008-05-12 15:20 ` Peter Klotz [this message]
2008-05-12 10:31 ` Gene Heskett
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