Loading 10.0 on old HD

[Al Plant]

Polytropon wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:53:17 -1000, Al Plant wrote:
>> Aloha,
>>
>> Where can I find a "how to on" loading the new 10.0 Freebsd onto a HD 
>> which already has a previous version of 9* 8* 7* or Windows on it.
>>
>> There is an error I think from the old boot loader from the original OS 
>> on there.
>>
>> Error:
>>
>>   init
>> The process stops with:
>> /bin/sh  ON /etc/rc
>>
>> Then goes to single usr mode:
>> How can I clean the disk from whatever is stopping the process of 
>> loading the new Loader and OS 10.0
>>
>> I have 7 of these HD's I have tried.
>>
>> Thanks..  any help appreciated.
> 
> Delete the first part of the disk (overwrite with null bytes),
> for example using the 10.0 installation CD shell or a Linux
> from disk (e. g. tomsrtbt):
> 
> 	# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 bs=1k count=1000
> 
> This erases the 1st MB of the disk. Any boot loader should be
> gone now. As you're going to do a fresh install (if I read your
> question correctly), this doesn't matter. The remaining garbage
> on the disk isn't associated to a partition or OS anymore, so
> you can create the new partitions you need and install the OS
> without paying attention to what has been on the disk before.
> 
> Check "dmesg" output to verify which device name is associated
> to the disk in question.
> 
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Thanks Poly and BJ.
I'll  try the suggestions.

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