double the size of a harddisk?

[M.W. Chang]

> 	"So this is old news :) Although the host-protected area (HPA) can be used
> 	 for insidious purposes such as DRM/CPRM that is completely hidden from the

I wonder whether one could use dd/fdisk/whatever to access that area 
from linux. It seems that that area should have been locked out from 
access by the harddisk's firmware.

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