Re: [Qemu-devel] A disk read error occurred

[Andreas Färber]

Hi,

Am 30.06.2008 um 22:23 schrieb Alexander (Sasha) Sirotkin:

> For some reason when I try to boot qemu with -hda /dev/sda (or -hda
> /dev/hda), i.e. to use raw disk, it fails with the above error message
> - "A disk read error occurred". This happens only on IBM/Lenovo
> laptops (tried a few models), while it works just fine on any other
> desktop or laptop I can get my hands on. Probably has something to do
> with bios...
>
> Any suggestions ?

I heard IBM/Lenovo use an HPA for some kind of system restore  
functionality. The Host Protected Area makes an IDE disk look smaller  
than it is to the system, maybe that can cause such errors?

Andreas