You should do the dd then reboot, but I've never had it fail to take care of
weird partitioning problems...
Clinton Baker said:
> If you use the dd command, you'll probably need to run sync afterwards to
> ensure that everything gets updated correctly. If the partition table is
> really corrupt, a simpler method may just be to run fdisk /mbr (I'm
> assuming you have a DOS boot disk or DOS/Windows is on the drive
> currently). In either case, see if fdisk (DOS or Linux) can see the
> current partition info and remove it on it's own.
>
> clint
>
> --
>
>
>
> On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Dan Wright wrote:
>
> > There's a better way to do this -- get some UNIX boot disk, start the machine
> > off from it and run "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1". This will
> > overwrite the partition table & boot area of hda (in this example) with a
> > giant NULL! That will REALLY remove any partitioning wankiness that other
> > programs might have caused, rather then just deleting partitions and leaving
> > an empty, but possibly still broken, table...
> >
> > Alain BLANC said:
> > > Try to use FDISK (MS-DOS) or PQMAGIC or simply the linux toll to erase all
> > > the parts on the disk !
> > >
> > > Alan
> >
> > > Reply-To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> > > From: "Charles E. Fox" <foxvideo_at_wincom.net>
> > > To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> > > Subject: Fwd: OT Problems loading Linux
> > > Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 21:44:19 +0100
> > > X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9
> > >
> > >
> > > >Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 06:57:39 -0500
> > > >To: cctakl_at_classiccmp.org
> > > >From: "Charles E. Fox" <foxvideo_at_wincom.net>
> > > >Subject: OT Problems loading Linux
> > > >
> > > >Does anyone have any suggestions on how I should prepare an old (6 gig)
> > > >hard drive to receive Linux? The installation program keeps telling me
> > > >that the partitions are full.
> > > >
> > > >Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Charlie Fox
> > > >
> > > > Charles E. Fox Video Production
> > > > 793 Argyle Rd.
> > > > Windsor Ontario Canada N8Y 3J8
> > > > 519-254-4991 foxvideo_at_wincom.net
> > > > Check out the "Camcorder Kindergarten"
> > > > at http://chasfoxvideo.com
> > >
> > >
> > > Charles E. Fox Video Production
> > > 793 Argyle Rd.
> > > Windsor Ontario Canada N8Y 3J8
> > > 519-254-4991 foxvideo_at_wincom.net
> > > Check out the "Camcorder Kindergarten"
> > > at http://chasfoxvideo.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > - Dan Wright
> > (dtwright_at_uiuc.edu)
> > (http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
> >
> > -] ------------------------------ [-] -------------------------------- [-
> > ``Weave a circle round him thrice, / And close your eyes with holy dread,
> > For he on honeydew hath fed, / and drunk the milk of Paradise.''
> > Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan
> >
- Dan Wright
(dtwright_at_uiuc.edu)
(
http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
-] ------------------------------ [-] -------------------------------- [-
``Weave a circle round him thrice, / And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honeydew hath fed, / and drunk the milk of Paradise.''
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan
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