New to FreeNAS - Looking for line help to dd ada1

[jonathanrupp]

So I have a know issue with a single drive FreeNAS server where I started the setup process then got interrupted and had to stop and went back and got this lovely error;

[MiddlewareError: Unable to GPT format the disk "ada1": gpart: geom 'ada1': File exists
]

Long story short, it's been advised to try wiping the drive via the dd. So I'm looking to help with the line code to dd ada1.

Nothing we want to save.

 

[BigDave]

This command will destroy data on the drive, depending on capacity of
said drive, it will take a long time.

Code:

badblocks -ws /dev/adaX

You may find other ways to get what you want done, try google!

 

[jonathanrupp]

This command will destroy data on the drive, depending on capacity of
said drive, it will take a long time.

Code:

badblocks -ws /dev/adaX

You may find other ways to get what you want done, try google!

Thank you, either I'm not using the right wording or I'm google dumb. Because I keep getting wrong lines. But again, thank you.

 

[garm]

First hit on google is https://askubuntu.com/questions/142858/how-to-zero-out-a-drive#142862

 

[jonathanrupp]

Here's the common issue;

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ada1

I receive the error ;

dd: /dev/ada1: Operation not permitted

Yes I understand Linux commands and basic coding. But I'm seeing there's an issue here. I should be able to issue a format wipe command.

 

[Linkman]

Try running it with sudo, or as root.

 

[jonathanrupp]

Well I believe sudo'd the command. And it still issued the not permitted.

 

[garm]

Is it mounted? FreeBSD has a failsafe for block access to live drives

 

[jonathanrupp]

Problem resolved, I removed the drive and reformatted it in a Windows environment. I am now able to create the bucket. However still can’t connect to the new drive on the network but that’s tomorrow’s issue.


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