Disk sreset

Version 2.09 Man Page

NAME

      disk_sreset - Temporarily reset the size of an ATA disk - LINUX ONLY

SYNOPSIS

      disk_sreset [-V] hd_device

DESCRIPTION

      disk_sreset  works in only Linux and uses ATA commands to query a hard-
      disk.  If there is a Host Protected Area, then it  temporarily  removes
      it so that the full disk can be acquired.  When the disk is powered off
      or reset, then the HPA will exist again.

      The options are as follows:

      -V     Display version

      hd_device
             The device corresponding to the  hard  disk.   Typically  it  is
             /dev/hdX.

EXAMPLES

      disk_sreset /dev/hdd

HISTORY

      disk_sreset first appeared in The Sleuth Kit v2.00.

      It is based on code from http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/setmax.c

LIMITATIONS

      disk_sreset  works  only in Linux and does not support large disks.  It
      will also not work on ATA disks connected with USB or Firewire.

AUTHOR

      Brian Carrier <carrier@sleuthkit.org>