Tom Diehl wrote: >On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Robert L. Cochran wrote: > > > >>If you want to install Windows 2000 or XP, I think the Windows >>installation programs will automatically come up with their versions of >>fdisk if the target drive has insufficient free space, no Windows >>partitions, or is uninitialized (that is, brand new). I'm not sure if >>this is true of Windows 9x or ME. If not just whip out the Windows fdisk >>program and use it to re-partition your drive as you want. Don't use >>Linux fdisk to format for a Windows partition even if it has that >>capability. Use what Windows provides. >> >> > >I think part of the problem is that older dos/win9x fdisk will not delete >linux partitions. I have run into this before and had to use the linux >fdisk to delete the linux partitions and then use an M$ fdisk to create >the M$ partitions. > >HTH, > > > Okay folks you guys are over thinking this. If all you want to do is wipe out a linux, and there is nothing else on the disk . Just wipe the mbr and partition table and be done with it. dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/$device count=1024 Where $device = your drive. (IE sda , or hda) -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
