On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, fti International wrote: > 1. Do the existing non-linux partition on hard disk affect the linux > partition during the installation?
No. > 2. Nomatter what the answer for 1 is, is there a way to "wipe off" > the hard disk? I mena to make the hard disk as a new, never-used > one? Yes. dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda (or whatever the device name of the drive ready to be zeroed is). Writing all zeros to a disk generally isn't necissary unless you're getting rid of the drive and are paranoid. -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
