[ltp] Firmware Upgrade for 60GB 7200rpm drives (T41, R50) -- ISO image

[William R Sowerbutts]

Hi,

I had previously disabled the Predesktop Area ("Hidden Protected Area") in the
BIOS -- ie, all 60GB of the disk was used for my data. After installing the
firmware upgrade, I still have all 60GB accessible.

Before the upgrade:
Feb 25 22:12:46 bebop kernel: hda: 117210240 sectors (60011 MB) w/7877KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, UDMA(100)

After the upgrade:
Feb 27 11:15:24 bebop kernel: hda: 117210240 sectors (60011 MB) w/7877KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, UDMA(100)

So it would appear that with the HPA disabled, no ill effects are felt.

Thanks,

Will


On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 01:32:59PM +0100, Nils Trebing wrote:
>William R Sowerbutts wrote:
>
>> This image worked for me, but as with all firmware upgrades you should
>
>> exercise caution.
>
>Hi,
>
>before applying this upgrade, you might want to read this!
><http://bellet.info/~bellet/laptop/t40.html#_20040221>
>
>Regards,
>Nils
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>The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
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>


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William R Sowerbutts                                  will@sowerbutts.com
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