Re: How does one erase a FreeBSD disk (slice) label?

From: Joshua Oreman (oremanj_at_get-linux.org)
Date: 08/19/03

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    Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:36:29 -0700
    To: Dan Strick <strick@covad.net>
    
    

    On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 01:41:49AM -0700 or thereabouts, Dan Strick wrote:
    > How does one erase a FreeBSD disk (slice) label?
    >
    > [ ... ]
    >
    > Boot MS Windows and FORMAT the slice?

    Wouldn't work; FORMAT is braindead.

    > Disable the code in /sys/kern/subr_diskslice.c that protects
    > disk labels and build a new kernel?

    Should work, if you want to. But remember to enable it again!

    > Go back in time and kill the person that wrote this code
    > before he wrote it?

    LOL

    > Learn to love penguins?

    No way!

    >
    > Please help ... I am slowly going crazy...

    Boot from a FIXIT floppy/CD and try erasing it there.

    -- Josh

    >
    > Dan Strick
    > strick@covad.net
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