From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MGehp-0001A5-Ra for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:52:29 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MGeho-0001A0-Ku for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:52:28 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MGehk-00019o-5x for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:52:28 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40114 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MGehk-00019l-2y for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:52:24 -0400 Received: from elasmtp-masked.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.68]:47923) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MGehj-0006Nd-NF for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:52:23 -0400 Received: from [24.148.247.152] (helo=[192.168.0.199]) by elasmtp-masked.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1MGehj-0003We-6h for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:52:23 -0400 Message-ID: <4A37F9BB.1030301@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:59:55 -0400 From: BandiPat Organization: Magic Page Products User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <4A37E264.4060501@cox.net> <4A37F4D1.5030502@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: c85a64c14a050764b95206241ab561599ef193a6bfc3dd48108288a4ba4f548a147c91c3aeae677ea26b888b88ba812a350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.148.247.152 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 Subject: Re: A strange occurrence X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:52:28 -0000 Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > Here's what you do from a root shell: > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdx bs=446 count=1 > (the "x" is the letter of your installed drive, "a" "b" ) > Also, for the "bs" number, never use more than "446" as anything > larger will overwrite your partition table of the drive, pretty much > rendering it useless without any partitions. > > 440, not 446, otherwise you destroy serial number of the drive ============ Thanks phcoder, Each time I find info about doing this, I also find more info about how much to write. I used 512 the first time I did it, quickly learning I cleared out my partition table, then I found the 446 after I had to rebuild my drive from scratch. :-\ I had not found anything about the 440, but it's good to know so as not to remove any pertinent drive data. Pat