Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 19:42:44 -0700 From: dannyman <dannyman@toldme.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: creating an fdisk partition in an automated way Message-ID: <20010407194244.O38361@dell.dannyland.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104071930450.81375-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>; from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu on Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 07:31:18PM -0700 References: <20010406181255.H59108@dell.dannyland.org> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104071930450.81375-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 07:31:18PM -0700, Doug White wrote:
> 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.
Hehehe, yeah done already tried that. Now I'm thinking maybe take the first
64 blocks of a dick I know is good and use that as my fdisk -I. :/
Well, we'll see on Monday.
Thanks,
-danny
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