FYI when I finished the dd booboo I did "df -h" it showed /dev/sdb1 as having -XXX used space. It also said that dd ran out of space. after all this I unplugged it. I was trying to wipe out the drive so I could give it away. I will try plugging it back in and see if I can see it.
-Daniel On 2/17/07, Charles Curley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 03:32:59PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 02:47:46PM -0700, Daniel wrote: > > I did "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb1" to an external 4+GB drive, then > > unplugged it. I plugged it back in and now I can't see it. Did I make > > that drive a paper weight? > > Probably not. > > What do you mean, you can't see it? > > That command stomps on the partition table, so you won't see any > partitions show up on your desktop. But there should be a device file, > /dev/sdX (where X is assigned by udev or the kernel), for the whole > drive. Sorry, I should learn how to read. That command stomps on the boot record for the first partition on the drive, rendering it unmountable. You will need to put a new file system on it. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
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