When it I type "p", I see three valid partitions: Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000526f0
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 37998 305218903+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 37999 38913 7349737+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 37999 38913 7349706 82 Linux swap / Solaris Should I continue the steps as normal anyways? And also, just to be clear, I should let cat /dev/zero > /dev/sda1 run for a few seconds, then use Ctrl-C to stop it, or should I let it run in the background and create a new terminal tab for the other steps? Sent from my iPhone On Dec 26, 2010, at 3:20 AM, Paul O'Malley <[email protected]> wrote: > live cd > > terminal > > sudo cat /dev/zero > /dev/sda1 > > let it run for a few seconds > > this will kill the hard drive > > next up partition the disk using > > sudo fdisk /dev/sda > > p to print it should show no valid paritions > > create a large partition at the front of the disk > / make it bootable ext3 > and a 1 gig at the back end (for swap) > > type sudo partprobe to have the device re read > then type sudo fdisk -l > partitions should show up > > reboot (just so you know the partitions have taken > > install as normal > > (I've 15 years or more of doing this kind of thing and I had to do exactly > this last Wednesday) > > > > >> Thanks ahead of time for any help. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> ^^ seriously are you aware of the amount of apps on that device that might >> rat out your personal information to advertisers? >> > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704694004576020083703574602.html > > > _______________________________________________ > gNewSense-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
