Re: Old BPB too big, use -f

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 04:53:40PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote:
> Looks like this is discussed before, but I am unclear about how to go
> about it when one comes across this problem.
> 
> https://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2015/01/22/msg026532.html
> 
> It's a new laptop with no other OS or data to preserve. What is it that -f
> will do that I need to worry about and how do I do -f if it is safe?!
> 
> I am using 9.0 RC1 installer.

Go to the utility menu, run /bin/sh and there:

  dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rwd0a bs=1m count=20

*but* be sure wd0 is the disk you want to install to and there is *nothing*
of value on it.

After that command exit the shell and retry the installation.

Martin