From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 18 23:54:52 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5D8F6453 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 23:54:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from moku60.aloha50.net (moku60.aloha50.net [66.180.132.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FEBC158F for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 23:54:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mohawk7.intra.net (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by moku60.aloha50.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03C4517029; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:54:04 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <5303F268.6040804@hdk5.net> Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:53:12 -1000 From: Al Plant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Polytropon Subject: Re: Loading 10.0 on old HD References: <5303D64D.8040504@hdk5.net> <20140218231900.012a5185.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20140218231900.012a5185.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: noc@hdk5.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 23:54:52 -0000 Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:53:17 -1000, Al Plant wrote: >> Aloha, >> >> Where can I find a "how to on" loading the new 10.0 Freebsd onto a HD >> which already has a previous version of 9* 8* 7* or Windows on it. >> >> There is an error I think from the old boot loader from the original OS >> on there. >> >> Error: >> >> init >> The process stops with: >> /bin/sh ON /etc/rc >> >> Then goes to single usr mode: >> How can I clean the disk from whatever is stopping the process of >> loading the new Loader and OS 10.0 >> >> I have 7 of these HD's I have tried. >> >> Thanks.. any help appreciated. > > Delete the first part of the disk (overwrite with null bytes), > for example using the 10.0 installation CD shell or a Linux > from disk (e. g. tomsrtbt): > > # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 bs=1k count=1000 > > This erases the 1st MB of the disk. Any boot loader should be > gone now. As you're going to do a fresh install (if I read your > question correctly), this doesn't matter. The remaining garbage > on the disk isn't associated to a partition or OS anymore, so > you can create the new partitions you need and install the OS > without paying attention to what has been on the disk before. > > Check "dmesg" output to verify which device name is associated > to the disk in question. > ########## Thanks Poly and BJ. I'll try the suggestions. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol