[ltp] recovery partition

[Wolf Wiegand]

Hello Florian,

On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 01:44:37PM +0000, Florian Dorpmueller wrote:
 
> What I have done so far is to insert a debian net install CD to boot 
> with it and to let the installer format the whole disk. Can I assume 
> that the recovery partition has been cleared 
> or will it reside somewhere hidden?

I don't know if this differs between different kernel versions, but try:

$ dmesg | grep -i "host protected"

Using a 2.6.12-kernel, this tells me

hda: Host Protected Area detected
hda: Host Protected Area disabled

which imho means that the entire disk can be used by the os (which in your
case probably means the the recovery partition has been overwritten).

hth, Wolf
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