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From: Soeren Schmidt <sos@spider.deepcore.dk>
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Subject: Re: Undeletable ATA RAID
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It seems Sean Hamilton wrote:
> Soeren Schmidt wrote:
> | It seems Sean Hamilton wrote:
> || [ Undeletable ATA RAID ]
> | 
> | What kind of controller do you have since that is vital for how
> | ATA RAID's are setup ?
> 
> It's using software RAID on a Promise ATA100 controller.

Hmm, with both disks connected, atacontrol delete whatever arrays it
see there, then make a new array with atacontrol covering both disks,
then delete that. That should make certain all array information si
overwritten...

-Søren