Partitioning problem with Suse 7.2

[Panagiotis Panos]

>koita kalutera sto telos tou mail gia to pws 8a kaneis zero fill

>> >panw sthn disklabel (pou brisketai ston deutero sector ths a6
>> > partition). ek twn usterwn, gia na eisai pragmatika sigouros, kane kai
>> > ena zero fill sto disko :)
>>
>> >sto meta3u, mporeis na steileis to output tou sfdisk -v /dev/hda ka8ws
>> > kai thn ekdosh tou sfdisk & th dianomh apo thn opoia proerxetai (_oles_
>> > oi dianomes plhn ths debian to patcharoun mexri ahdias)?
>>
>> Me ekkinish apo disko Redhat 6.1 me sfdisk 3.07
>koita 5 grammes pio panw, dipla sth le3h 'sfdisk'

Sorry nomiza oti sou eftane h ekdosh 3.07
sfdisk version 3.07 (aeb at cwi.nl, 980518)

>> Mia rizikh lysh na sbhstoun ta panta na dior6w6oun ola kai na ginei o
>> diskos san kainourgios (san apo to ergostasio) yparxei?

>nai. eite katebazeis apo to site tou kataskeuasth tou diskou sou mia 
>bootable diskette pou suni8ws exei kai to antistoixo utility (me ta onomata 
>zero-fill/low-level format/don't touch this) (endedeigmeno), eite ftiaxneis 

to endedeigmeno einai sto don't touch?
Pantws egw katebasa apo Maxtor (exei e3agorasei thn Quantum) ena ergaleio, 
to POWERMAX.EXE.

>mia disketta me kapoia grhgorh ekdoxh ths dd (sdd, ...) (den nomizw oti 8a 
>to kaneis eukola xwris na exeis kapio unix sto disko), eite mpoutareis to 
>suse cd kai dineis dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 kai feugeis gia ena 
>pentahmero sto nhsi ths areskeias sou mexri na teleiwsei.

>an kapoios skeftetai na petaxtei kai na pei "ma ti les, h lush einai  ...." 
>as skeftei oti mia adespoth openbsd disklabel sto disko 8elei sbhsimo, 
>giati kapote 8a 3anaemfanistei kai 8a se dagkwsei kai den 8a exeis idea pws 
>egine.
>kai mia pou den mporw na apobalw thn entupwsh oti o original poster 8a 
>duskoleutei na brei ton sector pou brisketai h disklabel me odhgies e3' 
>apostasews ...

Me plhgwneis aforhta (by original poster). Erwthseis (please help)
1. An ekana dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 mexri ta 752MB dhladh de tha glytwna ligo xrono? 
2. An esbhna ola ta partitions kai dhmiourgousa ena mono neo hda1 10MB, kapoy ekei mesa de brisketai 
   o deuteros sector ths a6 partition. H mhpws na paw mexri to 1.1GB peripou mexri ekei pou htan to OpenBSD A6.
3. 8a akoustei xazh erwthsh alla ma6ainw grhgora. H diadikasia zerofill einai h dd if=/dev/zero ... ? 
   Diabazw man pages, help klp howto kai oti allo exeis na mou proteineis.
Euxaristw gia tis plhrofories ek twn proterwn.
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