Hi, > Hi > I am in technical school and have install REDHAT on my computer, but I don't want it on any more so could you tell me how to remove it from my harddrive > > Maybe later I will reinstall, but for now I want to remove it Is this a joke ;) ? If it isn't, any of these do varying amounts of satisfying your goal : a) rm -rf / (I LOVE the fact that this is the *right* answer to a question) b) installing any other OS over it c) take out the hard disk, hold it at an outer edge with your hand and smash it to bits with a hammer in your other hand, being careful not to hit the holding hand d) find / -exec perl -i -p -e 's/Red Hat/Microsoft Windows/g' {} \; Thomas -- The Dave/Dina Project : future TV today ! - http://davedina.apestaart.org/ <-*- thomas (dot) apestaart (dot) org -*-> I used to play with toy guns and knives with my daddy He never taught me how to kill <-*- thomas (at) apestaart (dot) org -*-> URGent, the best radio on the Internet - 24/7 ! - http://urgent.rug.ac.be/