Originally Posted By: Archeon
Cool!
Question though: do I need to enter all commands exactly as you typed them here?
eg:
hdparm -N /dev/sdb <enter?>
/dev/sdb:<enter?>
max sectors = 65134/1953525168, HPA is enabled <enter?>

hdparm -Np1953525168 /dev/sdb <enter?>
/dev/sdb:<enter?>
max sectors = 1953525168/1953525168, HPA is disabled <enter?>

No, all you need is:

hdparm -N /dev/sdb<enter>
hdparm -Np1953525168 /dev/sdb<enter>

The rest was the output that you should see from the commands.
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