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Re: Anyone working on an automated install?



On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 08:38:11 +0100
David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost> wrote:

> # Zap existing mbr, should also hide any label
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rwd0d count=1
> 
> # Zap early part of disk, things can get confused
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rwd0d bs=1m count=2
> [...]
> The two zaps from /dev/zero are probably a good idea anyway (depending
> on what the dsk was used for before).

The first looks kind of redundant. Am I missing something?

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3072D/F3A66B3A Julian Yon (2012 General Use) <pgp.2012%jry.me@localhost>

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