Re: [tlug] Can't install RH 8 to Seagate Barracuda

[Michael Doughty <tlug@example.com>]

On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 05:59:47PM +0900, Jean-Christian Imbeault wrote:
> I used a utility called BooIt NG to wipe the MBR and all partitions. I 
> assumed that there was nothing left.
> 
> I am now using it again to format the disk with one FAT-32 partition. 
> It's going through a surface defect check right now, but it's really slow.
> 

I prefer the reliable approach of booting off a boot disk / emergency
repair disk/ whatever and running 
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=1024 count=1

In a nice brute force manner it tends to get rid of all those questions
about what fdisk type utility did what.

Michael