| From | (Hadmut Danisch) | | | Subject | Re: 2.0.27: Empty harddisk kills kernel | | Date | 15 Jan 1997 10:18:20 GMT |
In <Pine.LNX.3.91.970114141451.32249C-100000@zeus.webcentric.net> "Daniel G. Linder" <dlinder@webcentric.net> writes:
>What happens if you use another controller with this drive? Was the
>drive "zeroed out" by doing "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX ..." or was it
>"from the factory"?
I didn't check another controller and the drive was erased
by cat /dev/zero >/dev/sda because it contained rubbish from an
earlier use.
Hadmut
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