From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ns.zrt.nl (ns.zrt.nl [212.153.94.193]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0230F482A for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 08:15:37 -0600 (MDT) Received: (from fwmaster@localhost) by ns.zrt.nl (8.9.1a/8.6.12) id QAA12954 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 16:15:36 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 16:00:22 +0200 From: "Jurriaan Kalkman" To: , Subject: Betr.: [parisc-linux] Formatting Scsi disks Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: >I had an odd thing happen..... > >i took a disk out of a 712 & had it in a mac for a while >when i put it back into the 712, & tried to put linux back on it, it got = as >far as fdisk which then said that it couldnt write a partition table to = it > >the disk still works in the mac - am i missing something daft here ? > >the search command from the boot console on the 712 sees the disk >the kernel sees & correctly identifies the disk > >just wont partition it > > >any ideas? > try zeroing out the first few blocks: dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/dev/offending_scsi_drive bs=3D512 count=3D4 (think if you need a backup before you do this!) Good luck, Jurriaan