On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 11:59:58AM -0600, Petra Lynn Hofman wrote:
> I've installed a second 1.6 G hdd,  Formatted using Sys Cmdr I formatted 
> for NetBSD.  It Formatted as FAT.  When I went to install NetBSD on this 
> drive the install from cd-rom failed.  Now SysCmdr reports a damaged 
> partition ( 1MB ) which SC can't delete.
> 
> So, do I have a permanently damaged HDD repairable only with a high level 
> repartition or is there some way to salvage the drive?  Further, I think 
> because of the damage partition nothing will see this second drive.
> 
> Help would be greatly appreciated.  BTW I'm using v1.4.2

under NetBSD, use dd to erase the partition table:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rwd1d count=200
(adjust this if your drive isn't probed as wd1 under NetBSD).

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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