a slightly delayed summary . . . .
Original:
> How does one zero out or clear a scsi disk label other than these
> methods using DU?:
>
> disklabel -z
> disklabel -wr
> /usr/lbin/zeero
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rrz3c count=100 ( & other variations of rz3 )
>
> The disks had Linux installed on them & I could not get disklabel to
> update the partition table. I finally installed them in a PC with an
> Adaptec card & used its low-level format routine.
>
Thanks to
Bochnik, William
Dr. Tom Blinn
Charles M. Richmond
Richard Loken
Lavelle, Bryan
anthony.miller
Lars Bro
All recommended the scu command:
scu -f /dev/rrz3c format
--
Toby Bluhm
tkb_at_mr.med.marconi.com
440-483-5323
Received on Mon Jun 26 2000 - 16:30:44 NZST