From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 10 19:10:13 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3C6B106564A for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:10:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd8@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90E4D8FC1C for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:10:13 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; s=DKIM-NAME-SERVICES; d=a1poweruser.com; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:X-Sender:X-Envelope-From; l=500; bh=gqnCaCWzs5moHIgVns3PNnUGVC4rg+Qnkh/daSySs/o=; b=UFUCPXdFVQLmQAGv+CT1jO7NZDIvQh5jO9C4d/ik3rDQQD3eAZUjfTVPc644ZUpriAWty5dQ522FzfH1hprmKqvTcZwHLR4F4zGDQPvmlZpMgzcvuQ9ZZ6Ggl+OEADs3JHQE9DRbfzz5L2Cdakl71PIIuf10uKJhMmaoz1ybxUY= Received: from [192.168.1.64] ([76.240.47.196]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:10:13 -0700 Message-ID: <4E6BB614.5000104@a1poweruser.com> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:10:12 -0400 From: Fbsd8 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rodolpho Henrique Orlovsky Eckhardt References: <20110910164401.GA89611@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <4E6BA322.8090901@a1poweruser.com> <20110910181930.GA2346@woden.rodolphoeck.com> In-Reply-To: <20110910181930.GA2346@woden.rodolphoeck.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Sep 2011 19:10:13.0840 (UTC) FILETIME=[44C20500:01CC6FED] X-Sender: fbsd8@a1poweruser.com X-Envelope-From: fbsd8*a1poweruser.com Cc: Michel Talon , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: returning to 8.2 from 9.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:10:13 -0000 Rodolpho Henrique Orlovsky Eckhardt wrote: > On 13:49 Sat 10 Sep , Fbsd8 wrote: >> After erasing the front of the HD nether 9.0 or 8.2 will install. >> Can I use livecd dd command to erase the second copy of the GPT? >> Where is it at? > > Try "gpart destroy -F ". You should be able to recreate a GPT or MBR scheme after that. > gpart destroy -F da0 gives this message gpart: geom 'da0': Invalid argument da0 has the HD in question connected through usb port.