From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joe Emenaker Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Can't write to hard drives on a K200 Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:38:49 -0700 Message-ID: <4519BA09.5070000@emenaker.com> References: <4518662C.6020103@emenaker.com> <45191956.4060800@scarlet.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0555140148==" Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org To: Joel Soete Return-Path: In-Reply-To: <45191956.4060800@scarlet.be> List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: parisc-linux-bounces@lists.parisc-linux.org This is a MIME-formatted message. If you see this text it means that your E-mail software does not support MIME-formatted messages. --===============0555140148== Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/x-pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1; boundary="=_scully.cob.calpoly.edu-14092-1159314092-0001-2" This is a MIME-formatted message. If you see this text it means that your E-mail software does not support MIME-formatted messages. --=_scully.cob.calpoly.edu-14092-1159314092-0001-2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Joel Soete wrote: >> Hrmmm.... so maybe the disks are read-only somehow, right? Well then >> how come I can dd like so: >> >> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=10 >> >> That works fine. So.... anybody have any idea what's going on? > If that doesn't matter to completely erase your disk try the same cmdl > without count param, i.e. > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 Well, I did the entire drive with: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=10 count=8388314 and that worked fine. I also tried your dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512k and that worked too (8192 records in, 8192 records out). So... dd works, (c)fdisk doesn't. I guess I could just get someone to partition a blank hd just the way I want and then send me their partition table (dd if=/dev/sdX bs=512 count=1 | gzip -9 | mail ....), then I could dd it on this end and I'd be all set, huh? Well, there's another option. I could plug the drives into a SCSI card on a PC... but I've tried that, and I can't get that to work. If someone wants to help me with *that*, I'd appreciate that as well, since I clearly don't understand all of the intricacies of SCSI, because I couldn't get the PC to recognize the drive(s). I *think* it had to do with the drives being (apparently) "single-ended"... but I don't know. - Joe --=_scully.cob.calpoly.edu-14092-1159314092-0001-2 Content-Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7s" Content-Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature MIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAqCAMIACAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAMIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAQAAoIIJOTCC AvcwggJgoAMCAQICEHKE5d1CKe8zTbgKdGEGRgUwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEEBQAwYjELMAkGA1UE BhMCWkExJTAjBgNVBAoTHFRoYXd0ZSBDb25zdWx0aW5nIChQdHkpIEx0ZC4xLDAqBgNVBAMT I1RoYXd0ZSBQZXJzb25hbCBGcmVlbWFpbCBJc3N1aW5nIENBMB4XDTA2MDQwNzAxMTI1MFoX DTA3MDQwNzAxMTI1MFowXzERMA8GA1UEBBMIRW1lbmFrZXIxDzANBgNVBCoTBkpvc2VwaDEY MBYGA1UEAxMPSm9zZXBoIEVtZW5ha2VyMR8wHQYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFhBqb2VAZW1lbmFrZXIu Y29tMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAwxNyoeJ17aD/6pq7mkqe0BZF c4K39d3cuPt567B/opDnQxnDQOX4mFW6P7gsemvZYqMozp7Sa3gfwxEWxTs7nAyvc3JSIpxq GTwnh742VIMueoOj/SMeiPXKFICpiu0+TkZxUbJqHptZAJBJG3hSeoe5j1VqnJMuRACcaDeO Xz8sZBxHEw5YBrKxCpGzgGDsKsk6rSxcu0Rf4bX7KanNirNdfUqEVP9rmXT3GvT3AxD9Q5BF EqD2Y9E1IiS4YJVL8EUyP9bDftitFGJflm3cHqftPb+ujumxHG0AzaIzcFW9ELPr/flZhbet 9KUiKubH6AGaW4GTAwoh/I4F5XDLyQIDAQABoy0wKzAbBgNVHREEFDASgRBqb2VAZW1lbmFr ZXIuY29tMAwGA1UdEwEB/wQCMAAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEEBQADgYEAT6IcAjwZUWVbJZ1rLdsh 1GvQu1Yo9BLq6fSs/E3Ljm+HSc/VvqY1iuSJNbkyinDjxPWqkfFmwTSbVoBaXAQi1PHCfx5F 6//bd3b73gFJm6/BL5mQpb4pdEdrKGci1d7bw1n9ncr0S9h9yvAdEn0zTmspt/ormep2G7bI e5EdgfEwggL3MIICYKADAgECAhByhOXdQinvM024CnRhBkYFMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBAUAMGIx CzAJBgNVBAYTAlpBMSUwIwYDVQQKExxUaGF3dGUgQ29uc3VsdGluZyAoUHR5KSBMdGQuMSww KgYDVQQDEyNUaGF3dGUgUGVyc29uYWwgRnJlZW1haWwgSXNzdWluZyBDQTAeFw0wNjA0MDcw MTEyNTBaFw0wNzA0MDcwMTEyNTBaMF8xETAPBgNVBAQTCEVtZW5ha2VyMQ8wDQYDVQQqEwZK b3NlcGgxGDAWBgNVBAMTD0pvc2VwaCBFbWVuYWtlcjEfMB0GCSqGSIb3DQEJARYQam9lQGVt ZW5ha2VyLmNvbTCCASIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADggEPADCCAQoCggEBAMMTcqHide2g/+qa u5pKntAWRXOCt/Xd3Lj7eeuwf6KQ50MZw0Dl+JhVuj+4LHpr2WKjKM6e0mt4H8MRFsU7O5wM r3NyUiKcahk8J4e+NlSDLnqDo/0jHoj1yhSAqYrtPk5GcVGyah6bWQCQSRt4UnqHuY9VapyT LkQAnGg3jl8/LGQcRxMOWAaysQqRs4Bg7CrJOq0sXLtEX+G1+ympzYqzXX1KhFT/a5l09xr0 9wMQ/UOQRRKg9mPRNSIkuGCVS/BFMj/Ww37YrRRiX5Zt3B6n7T2/ro7psRxtAM2iM3BVvRCz 6/35WYW3rfSlIirmx+gBmluBkwMKIfyOBeVwy8kCAwEAAaMtMCswGwYDVR0RBBQwEoEQam9l QGVtZW5ha2VyLmNvbTAMBgNVHRMBAf8EAjAAMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBAUAA4GBAE+iHAI8GVFl WyWday3bIdRr0LtWKPQS6un0rPxNy45vh0nP1b6mNYrkiTW5Mopw48T1qpHxZsE0m1aAWlwE ItTxwn8eRev/23d2+94BSZuvwS+ZkKW+KXRHayhnItXe28NZ/Z3K9EvYfcrwHRJ9M05rKbf6 K5nqdhu2yHuRHYHxMIIDPzCCAqigAwIBAgIBDTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADCB0TELMAkGA1UE BhMCWkExFTATBgNVBAgTDFdlc3Rlcm4gQ2FwZTESMBAGA1UEBxMJQ2FwZSBUb3duMRowGAYD VQQKExFUaGF3dGUgQ29uc3VsdGluZzEoMCYGA1UECxMfQ2VydGlmaWNhdGlvbiBTZXJ2aWNl cyBEaXZpc2lvbjEkMCIGA1UEAxMbVGhhd3RlIFBlcnNvbmFsIEZyZWVtYWlsIENBMSswKQYJ KoZIhvcNAQkBFhxwZXJzb25hbC1mcmVlbWFpbEB0aGF3dGUuY29tMB4XDTAzMDcxNzAwMDAw MFoXDTEzMDcxNjIzNTk1OVowYjELMAkGA1UEBhMCWkExJTAjBgNVBAoTHFRoYXd0ZSBDb25z dWx0aW5nIChQdHkpIEx0ZC4xLDAqBgNVBAMTI1RoYXd0ZSBQZXJzb25hbCBGcmVlbWFpbCBJ c3N1aW5nIENBMIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDEpjxVc1X7TrnKmVoeaMB1 BHCd3+n/ox7svc31W/Iadr1/DDph8r9RzgHU5VAKMNcCY1osiRVwjt3J8CuFWqo/cVbLrzwL B+fxH5E2JCoTzyvV84J3PQO+K/67GD4Hv0CAAmTXp6a7n2XRxSpUhQ9IBH+nttE8YQRAHmQZ cmC3+wIDAQABo4GUMIGRMBIGA1UdEwEB/wQIMAYBAf8CAQAwQwYDVR0fBDwwOjA4oDagNIYy aHR0cDovL2NybC50aGF3dGUuY29tL1RoYXd0ZVBlcnNvbmFsRnJlZW1haWxDQS5jcmwwCwYD VR0PBAQDAgEGMCkGA1UdEQQiMCCkHjAcMRowGAYDVQQDExFQcml2YXRlTGFiZWwyLTEzODAN BgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFAAOBgQBIjNFQg+oLLswNo2asZw9/r6y+whehQ5aUnX9MIbj4Nh+qLZ82 L8D0HFAgk3A8/a3hYWLD2ToZfoSxmRsAxRoLgnSeJVCUYsfbJ3FXJY3dqZw5jowgT2Vfldr3 94fWxghOrvbqNOUQGls1TXfjViF4gtwhGTXeJLHTHUb/XV9lTzGCA2QwggNgAgEBMHYwYjEL MAkGA1UEBhMCWkExJTAjBgNVBAoTHFRoYXd0ZSBDb25zdWx0aW5nIChQdHkpIEx0ZC4xLDAq BgNVBAMTI1RoYXd0ZSBQZXJzb25hbCBGcmVlbWFpbCBJc3N1aW5nIENBAhByhOXdQinvM024 CnRhBkYFMAkGBSsOAwIaBQCgggHDMBgGCSqGSIb3DQEJAzELBgkqhkiG9w0BBwEwHAYJKoZI hvcNAQkFMQ8XDTA2MDkyNjIzMzg0OVowIwYJKoZIhvcNAQkEMRYEFL32Q9TaOg2Y/AWUo3vJ TsZMPuDoMFIGCSqGSIb3DQEJDzFFMEMwCgYIKoZIhvcNAwcwDgYIKoZIhvcNAwICAgCAMA0G CCqGSIb3DQMCAgFAMAcGBSsOAwIHMA0GCCqGSIb3DQMCAgEoMIGFBgkrBgEEAYI3EAQxeDB2 MGIxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlpBMSUwIwYDVQQKExxUaGF3dGUgQ29uc3VsdGluZyAoUHR5KSBMdGQu MSwwKgYDVQQDEyNUaGF3dGUgUGVyc29uYWwgRnJlZW1haWwgSXNzdWluZyBDQQIQcoTl3UIp 7zNNuAp0YQZGBTCBhwYLKoZIhvcNAQkQAgsxeKB2MGIxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlpBMSUwIwYDVQQK ExxUaGF3dGUgQ29uc3VsdGluZyAoUHR5KSBMdGQuMSwwKgYDVQQDEyNUaGF3dGUgUGVyc29u YWwgRnJlZW1haWwgSXNzdWluZyBDQQIQcoTl3UIp7zNNuAp0YQZGBTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEF AASCAQAgY+RGKL9adwIZtdlIhP1N5bArz5n5wkCm5+NEEofiLuACJluNfAiTZDOEosDkhPmq ie8UICdsYOrHD0TECuA6v3Xj5s5TyEv9sHXAVbroOWfmmOLPvmvg13btV1czHSAfwpxTc1uX CfZXOTOmpi00AOEFaRCq8txT29lhYvF7hZ+X+4dFUDm2V5H+6+h0bXprZpwlqQkObrt/BCJm iO7H93unaV8fD1XDbbn2v9RuZVtCS9vWA0vZvlIBCdeJ5YOkYQzCWxsDrfzFcHTMCxfpUxO6 W4cocsOLpBpUqbRU5cnxCVK+/YMDWCABsDG5B6kp7JjQOnNv2j7AtaJt7SWKAAAAAAAA --=_scully.cob.calpoly.edu-14092-1159314092-0001-2-- --===============0555140148== Content-Type: text/plain; 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