From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: Booting problem after fresh install from 20080203 iso.
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:50:26 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <eae39cae24f7abbdd19cd5440e3f78cd@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ba0d3bc70802120020m86473bcue4ba2d93d7dcfaf1@mail.gmail.com>
> 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).
- erik
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-12 12:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-05 20:19 [9fans] " Sander van Dijk
2008-02-05 23:24 ` [9fans] " Sander van Dijk
2008-02-12 8:20 ` Sander van Dijk
2008-02-12 9:19 ` lucio
2008-02-12 20:14 ` Sander van Dijk
2008-02-13 4:29 ` lucio
2008-02-13 13:41 ` erik quanstrom
2008-02-18 18:51 ` Sander van Dijk
2008-02-12 12:50 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2008-02-12 13:26 ` Sander van Dijk
2008-02-12 13:36 ` erik quanstrom
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