On 03/12/2007, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 03:34:36PM +, norman wrote:
> > < snip >
> > > It should be sda1 for the first SATA drive and byte size is usually
> > > before count.
> >
> > Now I am puzzled, I always the first drive was xxx0 and not xxx1. Ah
>
On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 03:34:36PM +, norman wrote:
> < snip >
> > It should be sda1 for the first SATA drive and byte size is usually
> > before count.
>
> Now I am puzzled, I always the first drive was xxx0 and not xxx1. Ah
> well, live and learn. Thanks.
Partition numbers start at 1 under
> You just substitute "/dev/hda1" for the device you want, but I would
> have thought it'd be more like "/dev/sda" if you want to wipe the MBR..
> Also the order of the options to "dd" does not matter.
The object is to wipe the MBR and I assume it is the sda part which is
relevant in this case
norman wrote:
> As a result of my research into the complete removal of the MBR I came
> across the following command:-
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1
>
> I have 2 questions and I would be grateful for answers, please. Firstly,
> as I have only one hdd and that is a SATA drive, sho
< snip >
>
> It should be sda1 for the first SATA drive and byte size is usually
> before count.
Now I am puzzled, I always the first drive was xxx0 and not xxx1. Ah
well, live and learn. Thanks.
Norman
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Hi Norman,
On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 10:51 +, norman wrote:
> As a result of my research into the complete removal of the MBR I came
> across the following command:-
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1
>
> I have 2 questions and I would be grateful for answers, please. Firstly,
> as
> You would change hda1 to sda0 I would think bs=512 comes first but don't
> know for sure.
Thank you.
Norman
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You would change hda1 to sda0 I would think bs=512 comes first but don't
know for sure.
Regards,
Daniel
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Subject: [ubuntu-uk] mbr removal command
As a result of my research into the complete removal of the MBR I came
across the following command:-
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1
I have 2 questions and I would be grateful for answers, please. Firstly,
as I have only one hdd and that is a SATA drive, should I substitute
sda0 for
