diff -Naur linux-2.6.18-rc4-old/include/linux/ide.h linux-2.6.18-rc4/include/linux/ide.h
--- linux-2.6.18-rc4-old/include/linux/ide.h	2006-08-19 03:49:03.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.18-rc4/include/linux/ide.h	2006-08-20 19:13:10.000000000 -0400
@@ -1201,6 +1201,17 @@
 void ide_register_subdriver(ide_drive_t *, ide_driver_t *);
 void ide_unregister_subdriver(ide_drive_t *, ide_driver_t *);
 
+/* Bits 10 of command_set_1 and cfs_enable_1 must be equal,
+ * so on non-buggy drives we need test only one.
+ * However, we should also check whether these fields are valid.
+*/
+static inline int idedisk_supports_hpa(const struct hd_driveid *id)
+{
+        return (id->command_set_1 & 0x0400) && (id->cfs_enable_1 & 0x0400);
+}
+
+extern void init_idedisk_capacity (ide_drive_t  *drive);
+
 #define ON_BOARD		1
 #define NEVER_BOARD		0

diff -Naur linux-2.6.18-rc4-old/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c linux-2.6.18-rc4/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
--- linux-2.6.18-rc4-old/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c	2006-08-19 03:49:03.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.18-rc4/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c	2006-08-20 19:13:56.000000000 -0400
@@ -464,16 +464,6 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Bits 10 of command_set_1 and cfs_enable_1 must be equal,
- * so on non-buggy drives we need test only one.
- * However, we should also check whether these fields are valid.
- */
-static inline int idedisk_supports_hpa(const struct hd_driveid *id)
-{
-	return (id->command_set_1 & 0x0400) && (id->cfs_enable_1 & 0x0400);
-}
-
-/*
  * The same here.
  */
 static inline int idedisk_supports_lba48(const struct hd_driveid *id)
@@ -528,7 +518,7 @@
  * in above order (i.e., if value of higher priority is available,
  * reset will be ignored).
  */
-static void init_idedisk_capacity (ide_drive_t  *drive)
+void init_idedisk_capacity (ide_drive_t  *drive)
 {
 	struct hd_driveid *id = drive->id;
 	/*
@@ -555,6 +545,8 @@
 	}
 }
 
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_idedisk_capacity);
+
 static sector_t idedisk_capacity (ide_drive_t *drive)
 {
 	return drive->capacity64 - drive->sect0;
diff -Naur linux-2.6.18-rc4-old/drivers/ide/ide.c linux-2.6.18-rc4/drivers/ide/ide.c
--- linux-2.6.18-rc4-old/drivers/ide/ide.c	2006-08-19 03:49:03.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.18-rc4/drivers/ide/ide.c	2006-08-20 19:12:38.000000000 -0400
@@ -1232,6 +1232,7 @@
 	struct request rq;
 	struct request_pm_state rqpm;
 	ide_task_t args;
+	int ide_cmd;
 
 	memset(&rq, 0, sizeof(rq));
 	memset(&rqpm, 0, sizeof(rqpm));
@@ -1242,7 +1243,15 @@
 	rqpm.pm_step = ide_pm_state_start_resume;
 	rqpm.pm_state = PM_EVENT_ON;
 
-	return ide_do_drive_cmd(drive, &rq, ide_head_wait);
+	ide_cmd = ide_do_drive_cmd(drive, &rq, ide_head_wait);
+
+	/* check to see if this is a hard drive
+	 * if it is then checkhpa needs to be
+	 * disabled */
+	if(drive->media == ide_disk && idedisk_supports_hpa(drive->id))
+		init_idedisk_capacity(drive);
+
+	return ide_cmd;
 }
 
 int generic_ide_ioctl(ide_drive_t *drive, struct file *file, struct block_device *bdev,