From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 2 00:44:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5D5716A41B for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2008 00:44:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E8B013C4D5 for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2008 00:44:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u52so1942082pyb.10 for ; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:44:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=NE7YUcA7ogWR7V6r0byBnqOR7Uut6RtjYm0w9Xp8KFY=; b=TEkkKak/49TG7F0NBDlMuxYSAqZm0DqaIOt639CbGq2tFnxxlC5o3bOQXDz0T8Ox/2/RbGIR4OYO/JtiXuKRS8gm5zhpMpMuPX4AMzLWtcpKTpwTYtKAFlyg6cs4RI+XygaVlr33tojSxvOz9MGgqRVHkDwszBXI4laniAxhonM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=dqh6BynFLaFkeW9E85SaNSTEJU4MitwBBiaiAswvLexkOFiTUE5kVhPYD1Y+Qp+2XqvyD4x7i9nEKSBp5oSLLOZat4+BByXDyW9NAtk7ilmQpU8D+qVHI6w+jATbNstplQi859UWy5RzqP8HfXhQEUzHPIWCt/JTYsmYpxK9RaA= Received: by 10.65.241.20 with SMTP id t20mr6799602qbr.88.1201913051903; Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:44:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from flosoft.no-ip.biz ( [67.85.89.184]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e15sm2911203qba.9.2008.02.01.16.44.11 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:44:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <47A3BCDA.6020707@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:44:10 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080121) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bnw CmpRpr References: <521061.32857.qm@web45911.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <521061.32857.qm@web45911.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Removing FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:44:13 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bnw CmpRpr wrote: > 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 > - > M White > Black and White Computer Repair > > The following assumes the drive is /dev/ad0 (the OS name for it) and it is modern enough to not get confused by a low level format... boot in single user mode (item 4 on the menu) and at the command line do: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0 bs=512 count=1 This will clear the MBR partition table and make the machine think it is a brand new drive. - -- Aryeh M. Friedman FloSoft Systems, Java Tool Developers Developer, not business, friendly http://www.flosoft-systems.com "Free software != Free beer" Blog: http://www.flosoft-systems.com/flosoft_systems_community/blogs/aryeh/index.php -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHo7zaQi2hk2LEXBARAsdxAKDPTkTXZ/s1EaFp5AIybNBSSdufKwCgtG79 tbzQNJIAPIJ0CZLidKtZP4s= =OlhM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----