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List:       gentoo-sparc
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-sparc] OT:  From gentoo to Solaris
From:       gentuxx <gentuxx () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-10-13 22:14:34
Message-ID: 45300FCA.80301 () gmail ! com
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Kumba wrote:
> gentuxx wrote:
>>
>> I've tried this, except I think I used "bs=1024".  Still no joy.
> 
> Drop the bs= and count= bits, and let dd overwrite the entire drive with
> 0's until it runs out of space.  Might take a few hours, so pop a movie
> into the DVD player and kick back while dd wages a scorched earth
> campaign on the drive.
> 
> If Solaris refuses to work even after that, then it's broke, and it will
> just further prove that Linux is superior, for t3h win.
> 
> 
> --Kumba
> 

Thanks to all who replied!  This is what worked.  When I did the Solaris
installation, I got an error when it tried to write the VTOC, but then
it was able to successfully create the file systems!

Thanks again!  Yay!  =D

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