Talk:Predesktop Area - Revision history

Bugmenot2: removed needs editing, doesn't warrant it

2019-12-20T19:05:52Z

removed needs editing, doesn't warrant it

Rcrowley: Added question about "current models no HPA?"

2007-08-17T18:44:45Z

Added question about "current models no HPA?"

Pebolle: typo and linkify

2007-02-26T09:25:44Z

typo and linkify

Pebolle: hpafs-0.1.0 "released"

2007-02-24T13:12:24Z

hpafs-0.1.0 "released"

Pebolle: managed to _hand edit_ a live BEER!

2007-01-04T00:24:22Z

managed to _hand edit_ a live BEER!

Pebolle: GRUB won't work ..

2006-06-11T17:01:58Z

GRUB won't work ..

Pebolle: minor reorganization of comments

2006-06-11T16:48:44Z

minor reorganization of comments

Christophmueller.org: /* Use the HPA for GNU/Linux? */

2006-06-07T23:52:29Z

‎Use the HPA for GNU/Linux?

Christophmueller.org: /* Use the HPA for GNU/Linux? */

2006-06-07T23:49:26Z

‎Use the HPA for GNU/Linux?

Christophmueller.org: /* Use the HPA for GNU/Linux? - Yes its possible cause there is one allready...

2006-06-07T23:46:49Z

/* Use the HPA for GNU/Linux? - Yes its possible cause there is one allready...

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 == Linux kernel support ==
-{{Todo|research and add to article}}
+Todo: research and add to article (it's been pretty much years and this hasn't been touched)
 * Add a section on dmesg and hdparm -I output:
   (...)

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	[[User:Pebolle\|Paul Bolle]] 14:12, 24 February 2007 (CET)		[[User:Pebolle\|Paul Bolle]] 14:12, 24 February 2007 (CET)
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		+	== Contradiction? HPAs or no? ==
		+
		+	The article states "The Hidden Protected Area was introduced with the R40, T40 and X30 series of ThinkPads. Current ThinkPads do not have Hidden Protected Areas." If current ThinkPads don't have HPA, what does "current" mean? If they don't have HPA, then what do they have? I'm considering a T61 for personal use and would like to be sure I can re-install the delivered config in case of HD crash, etc.
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		+	--[[User:Rcrowley\|Rcrowley]] 18:44, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[[User:rcrowley\|Richard Crowley]] 11:34, 17-Aug- 2007 (PDT)

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 == hpafs ==
-I've written a (read only) FUSE for the hpa: hpafs. Current release is hpafs-0.1.0 (24 Febraury 2007, alpha, developers only). It can be found at http://home.tiscali.nl/pebolle/code/hpafs .
+I've written a (read only) FUSE for the hpa: hpafs. Current release is hpafs-0.1.0 (24 February 2007, alpha, developers only). It can be found at http://home.tiscali.nl/pebolle/code/hpafs .
 hpafs will only work if the Predesktop Area is disabled (but that is more or less obvious). It basically turns each PSA into a file:
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 drwxr-xr-x  3 root root    8192 Mar 13  2004 recovery<br/>}}
-Check the README for further information.
+Check the [http://home.tiscali.nl/pebolle/code/hpafs/README README] for further information.
 [[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] 14:12, 24 February 2007 (CET)

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 == hpafs ==
-I've written a (read only) FUSE for the hpa: hpafs. Alpha quality at best. Mail me if you'd like to test it, hack on it. Now about 1100 LOC. The binary is a mere 33 KB (this is with debugging symbols). Rather i386 centric.
+I've written a (read only) FUSE for the hpa: hpafs. Current release is hpafs-0.1.0 (24 Febraury 2007, alpha, developers only). It can be found at http://home.tiscali.nl/pebolle/code/hpafs .
 hpafs will only work if the Predesktop Area is disabled (but that is more or less obvious). It basically turns each PSA into a file:
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 drwxr-xr-x  3 root root    8192 Mar 13  2004 recovery<br/>}}
-To be continued ...
+Check the README for further information.
-[[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] 00:56, 2 March 2006 (CET)
+[[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] 14:12, 24 February 2007 (CET)

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	[[User:Pebolle\|Paul Bolle]] Sun Apr 3 15:11:10 CEST 2005		[[User:Pebolle\|Paul Bolle]] Sun Apr 3 15:11:10 CEST 2005
		+	----
		+	OK, roughly two years later I finally found the courage to really mess with the BEER in my T41. Copied the BEER and the few related sections at the end of /dev/hda (using dd), analyzed those (I have some unreleased code to parse the BEER and the DOS stuff) _hand edited_ the BEER to "remove" the OS backup data, checked again, and copied the new BEER etc. to /dev/hda (using dd again, extremely tricky!). That worked like a charm: my new HPA is now about 3G smaller. No complaints whatsoever (even when booting my T41 is "secure" mode).
		+
		+	So, I can't really reproduce Tims problems.
		+
		+	[[User:Pebolle\|Paul Bolle]] 01:24, 4 January 2007 (CET)

	== Predesktop Area ==		== Predesktop Area ==

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 interesting ideas, but i'd only see a point in it if one could keep Win and Linux rescue stuff in the HPA. That means it would need to be expandable or fit the stuff for both systems.
 [[User:Wyrfel|Wyrfel]] 20:03, 15 Mar 2005 (CET)
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 Thanks.
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 [[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] 00:40, 5 April 2006 (CEST)
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 Hey there - I hope to be welcome here to since I've no ThinkPad but an Samsung X20 notebook. This notebook uses also the HPA for some kind of a predesktop area - a linux

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 [[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] Fri Mar 18 22:42:43 CET 2005
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 Hey there - I hope to be welcome here to since I've no ThinkPad but an Samsung X20 notebook. This notebook uses also the HPA for some kind of a predesktop area - a linux
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 [[User:Christophmueller.org|Christoph MÃ¼ller]]
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	*and at last a fourth partition i was unable to mount		*and at last a fourth partition i was unable to mount
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		+	[http://www.christophmueller.org/stuff/beerdump.html A dump of my BEER ;-)]

	Does someone know weather it would be possible mounting souch an hpapartition without using dd - maybe kernelsupport for the BEER? - since im nither a C nor a kernelhacker im unable to continue, but there must be some kind of support cause this multimediasystem knows howto handle it.		Does someone know weather it would be possible mounting souch an hpapartition without using dd - maybe kernelsupport for the BEER? - since im nither a C nor a kernelhacker im unable to continue, but there must be some kind of support cause this multimediasystem knows howto handle it.

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 Hey there - I hope to be welcome here to since I've no ThinkPad but an Samsung X20 notebook. This notebook uses also the HPA for some kind of a predesktop area - a linux
 based multimedia system called "AVStation Now" which is hidden there. I used dd to dump the hpa and read the BEER table to find out what is hidden inside.
-Does someone know weather it would be possible mounting souch an hpapartition without using dd - maybe kernelsupport for the BEER? - Since im nither a C nor a kernelhacker im unable to continue - since there must be some kind of support cause this multimediasystem knows howto handle it.
+What I found out:
 If you need some more information you could send me an email to christoph_at_christophmueller.org

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 [[User:Pebolle|Paul Bolle]] Fri Mar 18 22:42:43 CET 2005
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-Hey there - I hope to be welcome here to since I've no ThinkPad but an Samsung X20 notebook. This notebook uses also th HPA for some kind of a predesktop area - a linux
+Hey there - I hope to be welcome here to since I've no ThinkPad but an Samsung X20 notebook. This notebook uses also the HPA for some kind of a predesktop area - a linux
 based multimedia system called "AVStation Now" which is hidden there. I used dd to dump the hpa and read the BEER table to find out what is hidden inside.
 What found out:
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 If you need some more information you could send me an email to christoph_at_christophmueller.org
-[[User:Christophmueller.org|Christophmueller.org]]
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 Update: a quick test with the current development version of grub2 (grub-1.93) showed that grub2 can chainload a block outside the partitioned area