Cool idea. I will add a -z option to the disklabel code and submit it to the
author if thats OK with everyone else?
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On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matt Dillon
> writes:
> > :Do you have dangerously dedicated mode on by chance? Some
> > :SCSI BIOS's _will_ crash with this if you use dangerously
> > :dedicated mode.
> >
> > Yup.
> >
> > The real question is: Ok, so if I can't use dangerously dedicated
> > mode, then how do I create a disklabel on a normal partition? Everything
> > I try using fdisk and disklabel fails. fdisk will create a normal
> > freebsd-dedicated dos partition, but disklabel refuses to label it.
>
> After fdisk creating partitions try,
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0s1 count=16
>
> Then disklabel -r -w and disklabel -B
>
> Tru64-UNIX has a disklabel -z option which zeros out the disk label.
> Compaq and Digital before that recommended disklabel -z prior to laying
> down a new label. Should we consider a -z option for our disklabel?
>
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