From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] a problem I don't understand on a reinstall
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 22:58:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1AAKon-000LSs-LJ@t40.swtch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Oct 2003 20:50:10 MDT." <Pine.LNX.4.44.0310162041390.5430-100000@maxroach.lanl.gov>
> Well, what's going on here? how do I get this cd to wipe everything down
> to completely clean state when it installs? Should I run fdisk/mbr from
> the boot cd, then try it? It's as though too much state is being saved in
> the boot info somewhere, across installs. Is it not setting up 9load
> correctly? Is it not replacing 9load with a new one?
first, use the bleeding-edge cd-rom,
just in case it has a fix that you need.
(but i doubt it does).
when you get into the install at the beginning,
draw a new window and
cp /dev/zero /dev/sdC0/data
and then wait a few seconds and hit delete.
that should clear things pretty good.
russ
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-10-17 2:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-17 2:50 ron minnich
2003-10-17 2:58 ` Russ Cox [this message]
2003-10-17 11:41 ` [9fans] My Eu paper, mark 2 John DeGood
2003-10-17 22:54 ` [9fans] a problem I don't understand on a reinstall ron minnich
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