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| author | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2006-12-29 05:00:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2006-12-29 05:00:36 +0000 |
| commit | d550de3162b989ed9d202ee28ee09c7fb9de1d62 (patch) | |
| tree | 630cea6dfa3be03e3fa4ab6a6a8cc02794307d35 /en/using-d-i/modules | |
| parent | f76ddedb8d10699a03d5785580aee220ca789119 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-d550de3162b989ed9d202ee28ee09c7fb9de1d62.zip | |
Document common installation issues for Sparc. Thanks to Jurij Smakov for his overview of issues
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diff --git a/en/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml b/en/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml index 24e6906f4..5ff23875b 100644 --- a/en/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml +++ b/en/using-d-i/modules/partman.xml @@ -10,7 +10,23 @@ Now it is time to partition your disks. If you are uncomfortable with partitioning, or just want to know more details, see <xref linkend="partitioning"/>. -</para><para> +</para> +<warning arch="sparc"><para> +<!-- BTS: #384653 --> + +If a hard disk has previously used under Solaris, the partitioner may not +detect the size of the drive correctly. Creating a new partition table +does not fix this issue. What does help, is to <quote>zero</quote> the +first few sectors of the drive: + +<informalexample><screen> +# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hd<replaceable>X</replaceable> bs=512 count=2; sync +</screen></informalexample> + +Note that this will make any existing data on that disk inaccessible. + +</para></warning> +<para> First you will be given the opportunity to automatically partition either an entire drive, or available free space on a drive. This is |