Re: 2.0.27: Empty harddisk kills kernel

Daniel G. Linder (dlinder@webcentric.net)
Tue, 14 Jan 1997 14:15:42 -0600 (CST)


On 14 Jan 1997, Hadmut Danisch wrote:
> I just tried to install a Debian distribution on
> a Pentium-60 with an Adaptec 1542B SCSI-Controller and
> a 2GB SCSI-disk.

What happens if you use another controller with this drive? Was the
drive "zeroed out" by doing "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX ..." or was it
"from the factory"?

Dan