Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 00:50:45 +0100 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: "R. B. Riddick" <arne_woerner@yahoo.com> Cc: geom@freebsd.org, Fernan Aguero <fernan.aguero@gmail.com> Subject: Re: clear metadata using dd? Message-ID: <20070108235044.GB5165@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <20070108231751.78304.qmail@web30310.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <520894aa0701081445i43d76098m418ce695d2133e53@mail.gmail.com> <20070108231751.78304.qmail@web30310.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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--nVMJ2NtxeReIH9PS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 03:17:51PM -0800, R. B. Riddick wrote: > --- Fernan Aguero <fernan.aguero@gmail.com> wrote: > > I imagine I have to use something like > > dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/dev/ad4s3? bs=3D512 count=3D1 > >=20 > > but adding either skip=3D? or seek=3D? to taste. > >=20 > > 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 > >=20 > What about "dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/dev/ad4s3 oseek=3D188742707"? >=20 > What does "gmirror status" say? > I would remove the gmirror-s with "gmirror remove <device> <disk/slice>" = (its > easier than dd)... If there is a gmirror configured on adXs3, I'd suggest doing: # gmirror stop <name of the mirror on adXs3> # gmirror clear adXs3 --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --nVMJ2NtxeReIH9PS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFotjUForvXbEpPzQRAhSPAKCdIN1cmY1RPob/UIVO3k7TwMmN/gCg+Yvc ZbQMT52MPKPI0he6HRM7xv8= =anne -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nVMJ2NtxeReIH9PS--
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