> shouldnt have to DD the whole disk as zero just the first few blocks.. errrr > what i tried at least for a few other problems...
I know - but mdadm was still taking /dev/sda even *without* partitions. I'm guessing somehow, somewhere, there was some residue from when the disc may have been in a raid configuration somewhere on another system from where the disc originated (I have a collection of old discs from a variety of places where I used to be a sysadmin). *shrug* _______________________________________________ ARMedslack mailing list [email protected] http://lists.armedslack.org/mailman/listinfo/armedslack
