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#1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 04:23 PM

I fouled up some settings in my OS 10 in my Ultra 10. I couldn't seem to
correct the problem
So I decided the best way to solve my problem is do an initial install
of the software, thinking this
would over write the problem with the correct settings.

But, No, the install finds the old files and uses them even though I
said to do and initial
install and to not save anything.

I am about to install the disk in a PC and do a format. Is there an
easier way?

Bill K7NOM

#2 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 04:23 PM

Bill Janssen <billj@ieee.org> wrote:
> I fouled up some settings in my OS 10 in my Ultra 10. I couldn't seem to
> correct the problem
> So I decided the best way to solve my problem is do an initial install
> of the software, thinking this
> would over write the problem with the correct settings.

> But, No, the install finds the old files and uses them even though I
> said to do and initial
> install and to not save anything.

I've never heard of that. When I select initial install, it lets me set
up the filesystems and it does a 'newfs' on them. So there's no files
to save...

Is it letting you select your partitions? Can you change them by one
meg or one cylinder? If it can do that, then I would think it's
recreating the filesystems and not saving any files.

> I am about to install the disk in a PC and do a format. Is there an
> easier way?

You could wipe out the disk partitioning from the CDrom boot just as
well...

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Darren Dunham ddunham@taos.com
Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/
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#3 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 04:23 PM

Darren Dunham wrote:
> Bill Janssen <billj@ieee.org> wrote:
>
>> I fouled up some settings in my OS 10 in my Ultra 10. I couldn't seem to
>> correct the problem
>> So I decided the best way to solve my problem is do an initial install
>> of the software, thinking this
>> would over write the problem with the correct settings.
>>
>
>
>> But, No, the install finds the old files and uses them even though I
>> said to do and initial
>> install and to not save anything.
>>
>
> I've never heard of that. When I select initial install, it lets me set
> up the filesystems and it does a 'newfs' on them. So there's no files
> to save...
>
> Is it letting you select your partitions? Can you change them by one
> meg or one cylinder? If it can do that, then I would think it's
> recreating the filesystems and not saving any files.
>
>
>> I am about to install the disk in a PC and do a format. Is there an
>> easier way?
>>
>
> You could wipe out the disk partitioning from the CDrom boot just as
> well...
>
>
I will try to format the disk from the cdrom boot. otherwise I will try
to specify
the disk slices.

Thanks
Bill K7NOM

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