There's a better way to do this -- get some UNIX boot disk, start the machine
off from it and run "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1". This will
overwrite the partition table & boot area of hda (in this example) with a
giant NULL! That will REALLY remove any partitioning wankiness that other
programs might have caused, rather then just deleting partitions and leaving
an empty, but possibly still broken, table...
Alain BLANC said:
> Try to use FDISK (MS-DOS) or PQMAGIC or simply the linux toll to erase all
> the parts on the disk !
>
> Alan
> Reply-To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> From: "Charles E. Fox" <foxvideo_at_wincom.net>
> To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> Subject: Fwd: OT Problems loading Linux
> Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 21:44:19 +0100
> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9
>
>
> >Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 06:57:39 -0500
> >To: cctakl_at_classiccmp.org
> >From: "Charles E. Fox" <foxvideo_at_wincom.net>
> >Subject: OT Problems loading Linux
> >
> >Does anyone have any suggestions on how I should prepare an old (6 gig)
> >hard drive to receive Linux? The installation program keeps telling me
> >that the partitions are full.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> > Charlie Fox
> >
> > Charles E. Fox Video Production
> > 793 Argyle Rd.
> > Windsor Ontario Canada N8Y 3J8
> > 519-254-4991 foxvideo_at_wincom.net
> > Check out the "Camcorder Kindergarten"
> > at http://chasfoxvideo.com
>
>
> Charles E. Fox Video Production
> 793 Argyle Rd.
> Windsor Ontario Canada N8Y 3J8
> 519-254-4991 foxvideo_at_wincom.net
> Check out the "Camcorder Kindergarten"
> at http://chasfoxvideo.com
>
>
>
- Dan Wright
(dtwright_at_uiuc.edu)
(
http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
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