Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 19:31:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: dannyman <dannyman@toldme.com> Cc: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: creating an fdisk partition in an automated way Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104071930450.81375-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010406181255.H59108@dell.dannyland.org>
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On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, dannyman wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 08:58:12PM -0700, Doug White wrote:
> [...]
> > fdisk -I is your friend. (DANGER: THIS IS DESTRUCTIVE -- READ THE MAN
> > PAGE FIRST!)
>
> Yeah ... I use it. It seems to do the right thing. Then disklabel doesn't
> work. :<
Well, I should have commented that for best results, dd if=/dev/zero
of=/dev/${DISK} count=32 to make sure there's no leftovers for anything to
trip on.
Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org
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