Joe Pfeiffer grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > David Guntner <da...@guntner.com> writes: >> Seems like a good idea. I tried it, but it doesn't look like it worked: >> >>> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=446 count=1 >>> 1+0 records in >>> 1+0 records out >>> 446 bytes (446 B) copied, 0.000867678 s, 514 kB/s >>> # update-grub >>> Generating grub.cfg ... >>> Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png >>> Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64 >>> Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64 >>> Found memtest86+ image: /memtest86+.bin >>> Found memtest86+ multiboot image: /memtest86+_multiboot.bin >>> Found Debian GNU/Linux (6.0.7) on /dev/sdb1 >>> done >> >> Grub still seems to think there's Linux on /dev/sdb1. That's >> aggravating...... I guess I'll just try moving the stuff off of the one >> and only partition on that drive to somewhere else temporarily, and then >> delete the partition outright and recreate it. Maybe *THAT* will >> finally do it! > > Ah, I missed that it was on a partition (and not the MBR). What > *should* work is > > $sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb1 bs=512 count=1 > > More information: > http://www.novell.com/documentation/suse91/suselinux-adminguide/html/ch07.html
Ok, I tried that:
> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb1 bs=512 count=1
> 1+0 records in
> 1+0 records out
> 512 bytes (512 B) copied, 0.000983331 s, 521 kB/s
> # update-grub
> Generating grub.cfg ...
> Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png
> Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64
> Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64
> Found memtest86+ image: /memtest86+.bin
> Found memtest86+ multiboot image: /memtest86+_multiboot.bin
> Found Debian GNU/Linux (6.0.7) on /dev/sdb1
> done
Stubborn cuss, ain't it? :-)
--Dave
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