Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 09:54:59 -0500 (EST) From: Ronald Cotoni <setient@reva.sixgirls.org> To: Jarkko Santala <jake@iki.fi> Cc: Falko Meyer <wds_de@yahoo.de>, "" <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 433 au Message-ID: <20021202095350.I81474-100000@cma2600.org> In-Reply-To: <20021202092405.I33855-100000@trillian.santala.org> References: <20021202092405.I33855-100000@trillian.santala.org>
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should i let dd finish or not? On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Jarkko Santala wrote: > On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, Setient wrote: > > > it has a terminator on the cable that isn't the problem it has macos > > partitions on it and it don't like reading the size therefore reporting > > it has no disk which is completely bogus i need a way to lowlevel format > > it from srm or something. > > No, do as he told below. Boot from a floppy and issue a command like this: > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/foo > > foo begin the harddrive device. > > You can also specify bs and count if you like or just let that run for a > few seconds. Then reboot with your preferred installation media. > > What that does is clears the partitions and whatever you have on the > beginning of the disk, forcing size and all other things to be detected > properly. > > I think I used a NetBSD floppy to do this a while ago, because I couldn't > do it from a FreeBSD one or something. A bootable installation CD probably > works OK too if you have around. > > -jake > > > On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Falko Meyer wrote: > > > > > Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 12:59:55 +0100 > > > From: Falko Meyer <wds_de@yahoo.de> > > > To: Setient <setient@reva.sixgirls.org>, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org > > > Subject: Re: 433 au > > > > > > Setient wrote: > > > > > > > > i have a scsi disk a 36 gig 10k rpm seagate cheetah it was formerly in a > > > > mac running mac linux. I try to put it in the freebsd machine then boot > > > > off cdrom but alas it comes up with unable to determin hd size then i > > > > can't go further cause it says there is no harddisk present. is there a > > > > way i can get rid of the information that is on the hd without a mac? > > > Boot a Linux Bootdisk (i usually take Slackware Boot- and Rootdisks) and > > > run dd or do a lowlevel format which should be provided by the > > > hostadapter's BIOS (on a PC). Maybe there is also a way using > > > BSD-Bootdisks. > > > > > > MfG > > > Falko Meyer > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > > > > -- > Jarkko Santala <jake@iki.fi> http://www.iki.fi/~jake/ > System Administrator 2001:670:83:f08::/64 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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