On Mon Nov 25 2013 10:08, obsd, cgi wrote: > according to: > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bioctl > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd3c bs=1m count=1 > > is needed. but Why?
since it's likely to contain garbage. If this area has been in use before, there's a good chance it exposes "random" data, which could, and most probably will, confuse fdisk. That's why you have to "wipe" the area in advance.
