From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Klotz Subject: Re: 2.6.24.*/2.6.25.*: attempt to access beyond end of device Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 17:20:37 +0200 Message-ID: <48286045.507@aon.at> References: <4827D626.50903@aon.at> <20080512105942.62607f53@core> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from warsl404pip5.highway.telekom.at ([195.3.96.77]:19067 "EHLO email.aon.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751212AbYELPUk (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2008 11:20:40 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20080512105942.62607f53@core> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Alan Cox Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org 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.