Hi,
I use dd and write zeros on top of the signature. That data is stored at the
end of the drive, so it takes a hours get it done.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd{whatever} bs=64k
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Watts" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 10:03:52 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago
Subject: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
How are you supposed to clear the configuration on a disk previously
used on a PERC 5/i?
# omconfig storage controller action=clearforeignconfig controller=0
Command successful!
# omconfig storage pdisk action=clear controller=0 pdisk=0:0:1
Operation disabled. Read, action=clear
# omreport storage pdisk controller=0
List of Physical Disks on Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)
Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)
ID : 0:0:0
Status : Ok
Name : Physical Disk 0:0:0
State : Online
Failure Predicted : No
Progress : Not Applicable
Bus Protocol : SAS
Media : HDD
Capacity : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Used RAID Disk Space : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Available RAID Disk Space : 0.00 GB (0 bytes)
Hot Spare : No
Vendor ID : DELL
Product ID : ST373455SS
Revision : S513
Serial No. : 3LQ0YQ5T
Negotiated Speed : Not Available
Capable Speed : Not Available
Manufacture Day : 07
Manufacture Week : 18
Manufacture Year : 2005
SAS Address : 5000C50004901BC5
ID : 0:0:1
Status : Non-Critical
Name : Physical Disk 0:0:1
State : Foreign
Failure Predicted : No
Progress : Not Applicable
Bus Protocol : SAS
Media : HDD
Capacity : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Used RAID Disk Space : 0.00 GB (0 bytes)
Available RAID Disk Space : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Hot Spare : No
Vendor ID : DELL
Product ID : ST373455SS
Revision : S513
Serial No. : 3LQ0XWSY
Negotiated Speed : Not Available
Capable Speed : Not Available
Manufacture Day : 07
Manufacture Week : 18
Manufacture Year : 2005
SAS Address : 5000C50004901BA1
Mark.
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Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower
www.QinetiQ.com
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