On 10/8/11 10:41 PM, Thomas K. wrote: > On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 04:38:09PM -0400, Glen Barber wrote: > >> Thomas, can you please zero out the beginning of the 1024 bytes of your >> memory stick, as follows (please take care to note the actual device for >> your memory stick, and change '/dev/da0' below, as appropriate): >> >> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 bs=1024 count=1 >> >> Then re-write the memory stick per the instructions in the Handbook. >> Newly added to this section of the Handbook was a note to ensure the >> device is _not_ mounted (either manually, or automatically). > > So you want me to clear the first 1K bytes, and then write the whole > image back to the pen drive, did I get this right? If so, I don't understand > what we're trying to archive here, maybe you could explain? >
Mostly what I was getting at here was ensuring the first blocks of the memory stick did not contain "actual data." Though, I fear other forces may be at play here with GPT... -- Glen Barber | g...@freebsd.org FreeBSD Documentation Project _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
