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From: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>
Subject: Re: mdadm striped parity RAID with Advanced Format drives
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:57:18 +0400
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25.07.2011 12:41, Nikolay Kichukov wrote:
> I can confirm this has happened to me once. The drive went just a bit smaller than it was originally. Unfortunately I
> have no evidence of this at this stage. It was real strange. Whatever I tried did not bring the same size back. It kept
> being reported as a few sectors less.

It's possible to get smaller size at one point, by enabling HPA area
in a drive.  I think all modern (desktop) drives support this feature.

/mjt

> Cheers,
> -Nik
> 
> On 07/23/2011 09:03 PM, maurice wrote:
>> On 7/23/2011 9:58 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
>>> ..
>>> I'd like to see text that indicates this. I agree with the original poster that this just doesn't happen.
>>>
>> I no longer have the details at hand, as I have fixed it, and it was about 8 months ago last time I saw it.
>