Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 15:17:51 -0800 (PST) From: "R. B. Riddick" <arne_woerner@yahoo.com> To: Fernan Aguero <fernan.aguero@gmail.com>, geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: clear metadata using dd? Message-ID: <20070108231751.78304.qmail@web30310.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <520894aa0701081445i43d76098m418ce695d2133e53@mail.gmail.com>
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--- Fernan Aguero <fernan.aguero@gmail.com> wrote: > I imagine I have to use something like > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad4s3? bs=512 count=1 > > but adding either skip=? or seek=? to taste. > > gama# fdisk -s /dev/ad4 > /dev/ad4: 310101 cyl 16 hd 63 sec > Part Start Size Type Flags > 1: 63 16771041 0xa5 0x00 > 2: 16771923 146795229 0xa5 0x80 > 3: 146795292 188742708 0xa5 0x00 > What about "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad4s3 oseek=188742707"? What does "gmirror status" say? I would remove the gmirror-s with "gmirror remove <device> <disk/slice>" (its easier than dd)... -Arne __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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