From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 6 23:04:25 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30426106564A for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 23:04:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drosih@rpi.edu) Received: from smtp7.server.rpi.edu (smtp7.server.rpi.edu [128.113.2.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F1CE8FC08 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 23:04:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drosih@rpi.edu) Received: from [128.113.24.47] (gilead.netel.rpi.edu [128.113.24.47]) by smtp7.server.rpi.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n16LtIKS018137; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 16:55:19 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20090206014639.GA96198@dragon.genyosha.net> References: <01ca01c987f5$37f23fd0$a7d6bf70$@com> <498B8DB5.80305@alaska.net> <01cf01c987f7$b87691e0$2963b5a0$@com> <20090206014639.GA96198@dragon.genyosha.net> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 16:55:17 -0500 To: Steve Rikli , Ansar Mohammed From: Garance A Drosihn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0) X-RPI-SA-Score: 0.00 () [Hold at 20.00] 22490(-25) X-CanItPRO-Stream: outgoing X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 128.113.2.227 Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing Solaris back onto ultra after FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:04:25 -0000 At 5:46 PM -0800 2/5/09, Steve Rikli wrote: >On Thu, Feb 05, 2009, Ansar Mohammed wrote: > > Format is core-dumping :) > >I think I've seen that before, though it may have been something other >than a FreeBSD disk label. > >In any case Royce's explanation is probably still correct; what I did >in that situation (i.e. unable to use 'format') was put the disk in >another Ultra, 'dd' over the first few megabytes of the disk just to >wipe out the existing label, and then try 'format' again after putting >it back in the original machine w/Solaris boot CD etc. I assume that he could also boot up into a FreeBSD install CD, and use FreeBSD to 'dd' over the disk. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu