On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:58 AM, g <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> On 01/04/2013 08:58 AM, Jean-Michel Barbet wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> We got second hand Dell PE1950s and I am trying to install SL55/64b
>> on one of them.
>>
>> I tried with Kickstart, then with a DVD and I get identical behaviour :
>> The mk2fs command hangs at 90% at the "writing superblocks" stage.
>
> have you considered using 'partition magic' or similar type program?
Or triid the other partition types, or tried zeroing the old partiiton
with "dd" or running the "shred" program on it?