Re: [9fans] Re: Booting problem after fresh install from 20080203 iso.

["Sander van Dijk" <a.h.vandijk@gmail.com>]

On Feb 12, 2008 1:50 PM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> > 1. I zeroed the target harddisk before installation like this: "dd -if
> > /dev/zero -of /dev/sdC1/data".
> > 2. I also accidentally did this first when I really meant to zero the
> > disk: "dd -if /dev/zero -f /dev/sdC1/raw".
>
> you did the right thing.  the raw file is for issuing raw commands to
> the drive.  (not raw like you're thinking.  they're raw scsi commands
> which might be translated (loosely) into ata.)  see scuzz(8).

I believe my writing turns out a bit unclear. What I meant to say was
that I actually did a "dd -if /dev/zero -f /dev/sdC1/raw" before I
figured out that it should have been "dd -if /dev/zero -of
/dev/sdC1/data" instead. Hence I was wondering if writing those zeroes
to the raw file could be the source of my problem (in case those
zeroes translate to a command I really shouldn't have given), because
this is one of the things I did right before the problem appeared.
Anyway, thanks for the reference, I'll take a look at scuzz(8).

Greetings, Sander.