From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 2 13:45:56 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 4511616A41A for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2008 13:45:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stapleton.41@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D448313C45B for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2008 13:45:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stapleton.41@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so1241769waf.3 for ; Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:45:55 -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:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=PwDy8CZakpogC0KI7/FCKpG+xlCZlMgr/noMwNcm8nU=; b=TaR9W3kBKJVINDSXw+l+O7GeEMbNfpIZ54ZPjK/jUlxY4KkYqqPNFjbwhGChrrDKOfqZbQC6vJeXSBbwQ8fzPMx+yP/JLrDu+hGpDKMpedy/E3LGhzC9WnbTy7In+wOr2/yRWqipWNJdr87o3sJSjoW4b8wEHE0ZqtmlOVaO7zI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=JITY5PlGS3oWv7vntBXM1HCrEuX6Xq9IAB5G39lkQmkH5qNzY95Qiv+BEGOMZ0pZS0Yr0rlVMsAWaWqqFUgijUtUMKXw9vPZAB1Ro0y1x2xThQ642LX2CbVDeMpzqZ9w1DMY+pvBJgzhG7NgguEG2+Qi13frbJyA9bxP+wyGIAk= Received: by 10.114.38.2 with SMTP id l2mr5045680wal.106.1201959954161; Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:45:54 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.115.48.15 with HTTP; Sat, 2 Feb 2008 05:45:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <80f4f2b20802020545s46a32304g9acf121276a24854@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 08:45:54 -0500 From: "Jim Stapleton" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, bnwcmprpr@yahoo.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: 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 13:45:56 -0000 >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