Re: re-transmission: Re: Prepping to install

["William A. Mahaffey III" <wam%hiwaay.net@localhost>]

On 06/13/15 13:38, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
> > Do you have a RAID1 set to autoconfigure as root? If so, it will
> > 'steal' root even when you boot off a USB key or other.

Yes, I do (have a RAID1 setup to autoconfigure as root) :-/ ....

> Could you amplify on this point a bit ? How does it steal root ? 
> Secret BIOS mods ? Vulcan nerve pinch ? Judicious summoning of the 
> force ? Inquiring minds wanna know :-) .... TIA & thanks for the rest 
> of the very good info :-) ....

*C'mon* !!!! How about a clue here ? I am calling it pilot error 
(shoulda <ctrl-D>'ed back to the installer instead of rebooting, but 
that's ancient history now), how do I recover ? Pull the 2 offending 
drives & dd a bunch of zeroes to the 1st few KB ? Throw me a bone :-) 
.... TIA & have a good one.

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	William A. Mahaffey III

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