Reformatting hard disk.
- From: "john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:08:23 -0800 (PST)
After various experiments, including an attempt to install Windows
2000 (it failed) I can no longer boot from /dev/hda. I have
reassigned /dev/hdb as my hard drive boot device in the bios.
Now I want to do a low level format on /dev/hda and start all over. I
have already tried the trick of using a DOS fdisk from a floppy to
zero out the MBR:
A: fdisk /mbr
That may have made things worse, I don't know.
There is a dd command that will zero out the mbr first block but I
forget what the exact string is.
Here are some specs on the drives from dmesg:
hda: ST3250824A, ATA DISK drive
hdb: Maxtor 6Y080P0, ATA DISK drive
The /hda drive is a recent 250MB drive. Windows 2000 however sees it
as a 133MB drive.
When I try to use it in a normal manner as the boot device LILO gives
me an L followed by
series of 99 99 99 etc.
Other than the booting problem the drive seems to operate OK. I can
boot a partition on it and so on using either my LILO file on the
second drive or an install cdr. I began having trouble after the
failed Win 2000 install.
I want to boot from it because it is my newest drive and I routinely
buy a new drive every three years, retiring the oldest one to the
junque box. This one has only been in service about one year.
Any other suggestions appreciated.
John Culleton
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