How does one erase a FreeBSD disk (slice) label?

[Joshua Oreman]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 01:41:49AM -0700 or thereabouts, Dan Strick wrote:
> How does one erase a FreeBSD disk (slice) label?
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> Boot MS Windows and FORMAT the slice?

Wouldn't work; FORMAT is braindead.

> Disable the code in /sys/kern/subr_diskslice.c that protects
> disk labels and build a new kernel?

Should work, if you want to. But remember to enable it again!

> Go back in time and kill the person that wrote this code
> before he wrote it?

LOL

> Learn to love penguins?

No way!

> 
> Please help ... I am slowly going crazy...

Boot from a FIXIT floppy/CD and try erasing it there.

-- Josh

> 
> Dan Strick
> strick at covad.net
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