"leslieralph" leslieralph@optusnet.com.au writes:
Hi Eric,
my name is Leslie Ralph and for the last twelve months I have been involved in a project to build an asset tracking program.
We are investigating the possiblity at using the HPA ( host protected area) on the hard drive to install our software.
We built the HPA software using all the current standards gathered from T13.
Our main probelm is finding the best way to sue or change and or patch the bios to open the hpa area and to check to see if our software is installed on the hard drive if not found re-install it.
Do you know any person or organisation doing work in this area as far bios stuff is concerned.
I am doing a email request using selected addresses gained from the linuxbios-request@clustermatic.org list hoping to get some help or pointers
Kindest Regards
Leslie David Ralph Daywish Pty Ltd trading as Asset Auditing and Tracking Software A.C.N. 098 273 616 leslieralph@optusnet.com.au
Private email like this is not appreciated. If you want to ask a question please ask it publicly.
As for the HPA. If my memory serves me correctly you do not need any special permissions to access it, just a special command or two to the drive. But I may be thinking of something else.
Eric