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

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Matt Hyclak
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Department of Social Work
Ohio University
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