From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, October 31, 2021 at 1:21:31 AM UTC+11, wolfgang kern wrote:   
      
   > > I need to either distinguish devices based on sector size   
   > > or I need to introduce a dummy sector. If I have a dummy   
   > > sector I would have an expectation that the firmware   
   > > would maintain that sector as if it was real.   
      
   > how to add a dummy sector to an existing HD ?   
      
   Oh - some of the things I do is actually speculation on what   
   would be ideal rather than something I'm planning on doing   
   at 3pm tomorrow.   
      
   So to add a dummy sector to an existing HD, all you need   
   is firmware loaded that returns with 512 bytes of data that   
   the HD has no clue about, when LBA 0 or maybe LBA -1 is   
   requested   
      
   If LBA 0 is chosen, the data will need to be unloaded, all   
   the LBA references have 1 added to them, and then the   
   HD is reloaded.   
      
   If anyone complains, I'll ask Jens to bomb them.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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