In <[🔎] 20100306015538.GP11387@wasteland.homelinux.net>, Jochen Schulz wrote: >Mark: >> I hope there is a simple answer to this question (fingers crossed): how do >> I overwrite an existing partition (hda2 for example) with all zeros >> (essentially blanking the partition clean in preparation for installing >> Lenny), without destroying the partition table? > >Why do you think you need to blank the partition before installing >lenny? There *are* reasons to do that, but they have nothing to do with >the installation of a new OS. (reiserfsck --rebuild-tree) has a nasty habit of necromancy. In particular, it might link files from the old file system into lost+found. It can also destroy the heck out of your file system if you happen to store a reiserfs file system in a file. (e.g. [reiserfs] -> /home/bss/Sid.qemu -> [reiserfs]). This is widely considered a significant flaw of the reiserfs tools -- I've not heard of other file systems with the same issues. Also, the --rebuild-tree option is rather last-resort anyway. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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