On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 07:26:30PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Andrew Hesford writes:
> : Hrm... I'm sorry then. I have no idea why the Handbook asks you to zero
> : out the device, it consumes a lot of time and really isn't necessary. I
> : wonder if that could be the source of your problem.
>
> The handbook should say that only the first cylendar (usually 1M)
> should be zeroed.
Why is it important to zero out the first cylinder? I can understand
wiping the first sector to destroy the MBR (although I don't see why
this matters, either), but what makes the first cylinder special?
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