Gentoo Archives: gentoo-sparc

From: gentuxx <gentuxx@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-sparc@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-sparc] OT: From gentoo to Solaris
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 22:15:16
Message-Id: 45300FCA.80301@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-sparc] OT: From gentoo to Solaris by Kumba
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4 Kumba wrote:
5 > gentuxx wrote:
6 >>
7 >> I've tried this, except I think I used "bs=1024". Still no joy.
8 >
9 > Drop the bs= and count= bits, and let dd overwrite the entire drive with
10 > 0's until it runs out of space. Might take a few hours, so pop a movie
11 > into the DVD player and kick back while dd wages a scorched earth
12 > campaign on the drive.
13 >
14 > If Solaris refuses to work even after that, then it's broke, and it will
15 > just further prove that Linux is superior, for t3h win.
16 >
17 >
18 > --Kumba
19 >
20
21 Thanks to all who replied! This is what worked. When I did the Solaris
22 installation, I got an error when it tried to write the VTOC, but then
23 it was able to successfully create the file systems!
24
25 Thanks again! Yay! =D
26
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28 gentux
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