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Am Mon, 03 Apr 2017 14:11:40 -0400 |
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schrieb Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>: |
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> I probably should know this, but off the top of my head I don't |
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> remember ever running into anything like this. |
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> I'd like to do what ever is done to set a used disk back to the |
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> state it was in when new... Not sure what that state is, but at least |
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> no evidence of boot manager or fs having been installed. |
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> This if for something I'm doing on OS openindiana (a solaris offshoot) |
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> and the disks are for that OS. |
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> The solaris milieu is somewhat behind linux in development of tools at |
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> least in my opinion. That is why I'm asking here. |
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> I am a gentoo user as well, but expect I may have to boot the solaris |
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> host with one or another linux boot ISO in order to have the tools |
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> required. |
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Just dd /dev/zero to the complete device. That purges everything you |
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need: partition tables, boot sectors, contents: |
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# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX |
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where sdX is the disk to "kill". Be sure not to purge just on partition |
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by saying sdX1 or so but the complete disk (without number). Then, |
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before running any partitioning software, reboot, so the partition |
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cache of the kernel becomes cleared, or run part-probe if it is |
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installed. |
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dd should also be available in solaris but I guess the whole-disk |
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devices are named differently. |
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A faster alternative may be ddrescue. You could also give dd bigger |
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block sizes: |
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# dd ... bs=1M |
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Regards, |
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Kai |
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