On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 9:08 PM, Matt Domsch Matt_Domsch@dell.com wrote:
Newest versions of MediaDirect (version 3 and higher IIRC) don't use the Host Protected Area of the drives anymore. They use partition table swizzling code to hide/unhide the MD partition.
Yes - I recently heard of the MD disaster and have been ultra-careful not to press the button when the power's off. Just yesterday I reinstalled my OS, but just before (and after) I pressed the button - it just fired up GRUB (whew). This is a vostro 1500 with MD 3.3.
Chris