Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 08:45:54 -0500 From: "Jim Stapleton" <stapleton.41@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, bnwcmprpr@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Removing FreeBSD Message-ID: <80f4f2b20802020545s46a32304g9acf121276a24854@mail.gmail.com>
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>Hi. I recently purchased a HDD from a man that runs a data center, and on this HDD is FreeBSD. > My problem is I want it off, and for some ungodly reason, it keeps coming back. I cant format the > drive with Windows, and I cant load it as a slave to format, either. Any help would be greatly > appreciated. Thanks There's nothing magical about freebsd on a drive. It's just like Linux, Windows, MacOS, etc. and it comes off in the same manner. There were a lot of good suggestions here, but rather than giving you a new toy to play with in fixin the issue, can I ask which program/utility you are trying to use to remove it? When you say you cant load it as a slave, do you mean it's not showing up in the bios/post, it's showing up in the bios/post but not the OS you are using to format it (I'm assuming windows, is that correct - in this case, are you looking for it under "My Computer" or are you looking for it under [rightclick "My Computer"]->Manage->[Drive Management, or whatever it is called, not currently on a windows box to follow the path right now]? Thanks, -Jim Stapleton
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