If you're inside parted, you could run mklabel msdos or mklabel gpt <enter> and that wipes out all partitions as soon as you confirm you want to do it. On Tue, 8 Jan 2019, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 10:41:27 > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Talking arch installation question > > I had an empty hard drive, but I did still write a new partition table. If > you're trying to overwrite what is already on your hard drive, you can just > follow my guide. Otherwise, don't write the new partition table and keep > everything you want to keep, only overwriting what you don't need. For > example, if you have a separate /home partition you want to keep, only make > new filesystems on the partitions you want to wipe out. Keep /home as it is > and mount it during the installation so that you can see it. You will still > need to make the new user as I describe. Of course if you're trying to keep > both operating systems on the same drive, both the Linux you have and > TalkingArch, things get much more complicated, as you will need to resize > partitions and filesystems and mess with the boot loader. In this case, you > may be better off installing to a USB drive or similar, which can be done > fairly easily just following my tutorial, only changing the device name to > correspond to the drive where you want TalkingArch. Your only potential > problem then will be figuring out how to make your specific computer boot from > USB. Hope it helps. > ~Kyle > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list