On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 03:28:03PM +0200, Nils Olav Fossum enlightened us: > Onsdag 25 april 2007 15:51, skrev Nils Olav Fossum: > > > I have the current cvs + Steffens patches compiled here. > > Some quirks: > > - minimal SATA (only Intel modules.) > > - You must move ata_piix.ko out of the way when installing old > > PATA machines. > > (rename Z:\linuxaux\lib\modules\2.6.20.7\kernel\drivers\ata\ata_piix.ko) > > I forgot the biggest quirk: (and it might be the showstopper) > > - Parted has some issues with existing partitions. > As a workaround i zero out the partitions with > "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda" and use control-C after some seconds. > ..Very ugly, but the machines dont pile up in my office anymore :) >
Wouldn't it be better to give it a count? dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1M count=20 No ^C necessary... Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
