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On 08.03.2008, at 01:07, Karin Willers wrote: |
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> trying to erase the partition table ended in fdisk not being able |
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> to read the disk ... |
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> / # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1 |
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> 1+0 records in |
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> 1+0 records out |
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> / # fdisk /dev/sda |
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> Unable to read /dev/sda |
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> / # |
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> Any hints? What is the procedure under Linux to add a fresh hard disk |
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> to an Octane? Browsing the WEB did not reveal anything useful. |
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Did fdisk work before? fdisk only supports the MBR partition format. |
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My guess would be that the SGI firmware (what they would call BIOS on |
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a PC) will only read SGI labels. I used to create SGI disklabels with |
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`parted` instead of `fdisk`, but the following site suggests that |
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there is an fdisk capable of creating SGI disklabels: |
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http://www.total-knowledge.com/progs/mips/SGI-BootCD-HOWTO.shtml |
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Judging by the man page of fdisk, you might want to go ahead with |
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`fdisk -i`. |
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Dirk. |
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