man diskutil for more info but 'diskutil list' will help you identify the
drive in questions and then 'diskutil zeroDisk /dev/diskx' should do the
trick unless you have a hardware problem of some sort.
Kevin
mac-fusion
On 1/26/05 10:03 AM, "David Riddle" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Had some problems today with a G5 iMac drive.
>
> After DiskWarrior work a new OS 'archive' install failed with errors.
>
> Booted from CD Installer or from an external FireWire drive, running
> DiskUtility results in a refusal to erase the disk as it says it
> can't unmount it. Other attempts to unmount it cause messages about
> applications still running.
>
> Also - I can't even delete individual folders or files on the drive
>
> I have never ever seen this before.. OS-X or 9
>
> Does anyone know of any way to force an initialise from the Terminal
> or in singles user mode?
>
> TIA
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