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disk_sreset - Temporarily reset the size of an ATA disk - LINUX ONLY
disk_sreset [-V] hd_device
disk_sreset works in only
Linux and uses ATA commands to query a harddisk. 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.
- -V
- Display version
- hd_device
- The device corresponding to the hard
disk. Typically it is /dev/hdX.
disk_sreset /dev/hdd
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
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.
Brian Carrier <carrier at sleuthkit dot org>
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