FC2 ate my system

[Pedro Fernandes Macedo]

On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 01:58, Gerry Doris wrote:
> On Thu, 27 May 2004, Roy Brown wrote:
> 
> > Still no luck.  I tried rewriting the MBR with Windows 2000's FIXMBR from 
> > the repair console.  That didn't work.  I reinstalled FC2 and tried Jack 
> > Aboutboul's instructions on fixing the drive geometry table.  I still can't 
> > install Windows 2000.  Any other ideas?  If not, I guess I'm off to buy a 
> > new HD.  Grrrr.  Thanks for trying to help.
> > 
> > Roy
> 
> Well, if things have gone that far (new drive) then I would try using your 
> disk manufacturer's software to do a low level format.  
> 
> Go the the manufacturer's website and do a search for their
> diagnostic/test programs.  They usually have a low level format program
> that will completely rewrite the drive and bring it to the state it left
> the factory.
> 

No need to do a low level format. If you really need this , you can dd
if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1
This will erase the partition table. When you recreate it using any
software , it will store the right geometry.

This worked for me when I was first bit by the bug (and didnt know how
to fix it)...

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Pedro Macedo