Hi Norman, On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 10:51 +0000, norman wrote: > As a result of my research into the complete removal of the MBR I came > across the following command:- > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1 > > I have 2 questions and I would be grateful for answers, please. Firstly, > as I have only one hdd and that is a SATA drive, should I substitute > sda0 for hda1 and, secondly, does it matter which comes first bs=512 or > count=1, I have seen both and so am confused?
It should be sda1 for the first SATA drive and byte size is usually before count. -- Dougie Richardson // [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================== "Stop breathing down my neck!" // blog.lynxworks.eu "My breathing is merely a simulation!" // wiki.lynxworks.eu "So is my neck, stop it anyway!" // gallery.lynxworks.eu -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
