Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 11:47:16 -0500 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: "TPalfi" <tomaspalfi@madasafish.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dangerously dedicated disks Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20010804114716.00ea22f8@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <NFBBKDMPGLPHAAHADDGKKEAFCAAA.tomaspalfi@madasafish.com>
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..I have found if you use the NT4.0 "delpart.exe", it will remove any stubborn partition... then, Fdisk... or, also, have you tried DOS Fdisk and tell it to delete non-dos partition? Between these tow of both should do it, it the HDs are any good.... At 04:21 PM 8.4.2001 +0100, TPalfi wrote: >anyone with help, > >i have been given two disks (Seagate ST343442A and Fujitsu MPE3064AT). both >of them have been dangerously formated for freebsd 4.2. I would like to >reclaim them for my spare machine in which i would to fit at least one of >them. how do i get them going again. > >i have tried fdisk form /stand/sysinstall to recreate them but everything >failed. they were not my disks so i cannot tell exactly what happend with >them. i would like to start from scratch and reinstall 4.3 stable for my >home network. > >i have been fighting with them for quite a long time now and read every >entry in the mailgroups but nothing seem to match my case. > >Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\winmail1.dat" > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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