On Feb 12, 2008 1:50 PM, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. I zeroed the target harddisk before installation like this: "dd -if > > /dev/zero -of /dev/sdC1/data". > > 2. I also accidentally did this first when I really meant to zero the > > disk: "dd -if /dev/zero -f /dev/sdC1/raw". > > you did the right thing. the raw file is for issuing raw commands to > the drive. (not raw like you're thinking. they're raw scsi commands > which might be translated (loosely) into ata.) see scuzz(8).
I believe my writing turns out a bit unclear. What I meant to say was that I actually did a "dd -if /dev/zero -f /dev/sdC1/raw" before I figured out that it should have been "dd -if /dev/zero -of /dev/sdC1/data" instead. Hence I was wondering if writing those zeroes to the raw file could be the source of my problem (in case those zeroes translate to a command I really shouldn't have given), because this is one of the things I did right before the problem appeared. Anyway, thanks for the reference, I'll take a look at scuzz(8). Greetings, Sander.
