Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:58:13 +0200 From: Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Fw: 8.2-RELEASE-amd64.iso weirdness (help!) Message-ID: <4E3929C5.8010500@ose.nl> In-Reply-To: <20110803020651.41a146a5@serene> References: <20110803020651.41a146a5@serene>
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On 08/03/2011 09=3A06 AM=2C Conrad J=2E Sabatier wrote=3A =3E I ran dd and zeroed out the entire first gigabyte of space on the =3E drive=2C yet grub was still there! I couldn=27t believe it=2E I=27m o= n the =3E verge now of just zeroing out the entire drive=2E Hate to have to reso= rt =3E to such a ridiculously extreme method=2C but at this point=2C there see= ms =3E to be little else left to try=2E The unfortunate thing is that=2C afte= r =3E all these repeated failures=2C I then have to go back and reinstall Ubu= ntu =3E Linux to get back online=2C post questions=2C do further investigation= =2C etc=2E =3E Very time-consuming=2E You can just run a live cd or usb to get online This e-mail is for the intended recipient=28s=29 only=2E Access=2C disclosu= re=2C copying=2C distribution or reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited=2E If yo= u have received it by mistake please let us know by reply and then delete it from your system= =2E
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