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On Sunday 08 October 2006 09:40, Andrew Gaffney wrote: |
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> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 |
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> Running that from the Gentoo CD will clear off the disklabel created by |
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> fdisk. Then the Solaris installer can choose whatever settings it wants for |
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> the drive. |
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To be clear on this, solaris will then right a new partition table and all |
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your data will be lost. |
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If you aren't fussed about losing all the data then just run 'format' from the |
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solaris console window after the installer craps out recognising disks and |
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slices. |
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Hamish |
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