[Casper] Erase new HD prior to imaging

[John Brenner]

I agree I am guessing that it is running or calling the diskutil eraseVolume
command rather than the diskutil eraseDisk command.  The former would only
erase a volume and if there is a driver mismatch e.g. formatted with a
Higher or lower version of diskutil you can run into issues.


On 5/28/08 11:09 AM, "Leacy, Miles" <Miles.Leacy at PoloRalphLauren.com> wrote:

> On 5/28/08 12:00 PM, "Sandy J. Hinding" <sjhinding at isd194.k12.mn.us> wrote:
>> > Why am I the only one seeing this?
> 
> You¹re not.  I¹ve encountered this same issue, and on investigation, some
> machines were coming out of the factory with odd drive formats.  That¹s why I
> suggested the diskutil preflight script.  It¹s what I used to solve the
> problem.
> 
>> >The Erase HD option in CASPER does not seem to be sufficient, but if we use
>> DISK Utility they go. What is the difference?
> 
> The difference between Casper and Disk Utility is that Casper erases an
> existing partition (like the ³Erase² tab in Disk Utility).  With diskutil, you
> can repartition, creating the correct partition setup (like the ³Partition tab
> in Disk Utility).
> 
> I hope this helps.


John Brenner    |   Merrill Corporation     |   IOG IT   |  651-632-4072






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