> > When my kickstart installer encounters a brand-spanking-new drive (no > > Windoze or Linux pre-installed), I get the following message: > > > > "The partition table on device sda was unreadable. To create new > > partitions it must be initialized, causing the loss of ALL DATA on this > > drive. > > > > Would you like to initialize this drive? > > > > YES NO" > > > > Works fine (totally hands-off) as long as there are pre-existing partitions > > on the disk. I am experiencing this same problem only my disks have been partitioned before but by using a dd to copy info onto the disk > > > > While this isn't a show-stopper, it requires manual intervention. I'd like > > some way to force the initialization of the drive. Any ideas? > > and while i'm thinking about it, there's also a > > zerombr yes > This sounds nice but unfortunetly doesn't fix the problem. also the clearpart --all doesn't help either. I haven't heard of the option --initlabel but I will try it. Rick Bradshaw ----------------------------------- Research Aide Argonne National Laboratory >
