1. Try cloning the whole disk with Clonezilla just in case 2. Wipe the whole disk with: $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda
if the disk is /dev/sda 2009/4/18 harryfoot <[email protected]> > > Hello penguins, > I have a problem with a Windows ME box, (eMachine T3100). I have been > hunkered over this box for the last 2.5 days. At first I wanted to > restore ME. No dice. Then, seeing as the box only has a CD-rom (R+RW) > I attempted installing TurboLinux to no availing success. The only > LIVE CD i have (Ubuntu Feisty Fawn) is my only hope to liberate this > machine (because it's all I've got on CD which meets my criteria. Ergo > it allows the box to function with a graphical user interface8^) > > No matter how long I leave the computer to it's own devices of > installing Feisty it simply can't/won't completely overwrite the > filing system of this unholy union of Emachines hardware & Windows ME > software. > > If anyone can assist me in systematic removal of the data on the the > hard drive & THEN applying this version Ubuntu (see above) to this > machine, your name shall be held in high esteem. > > Thx Lx Grp > Harry > > > > -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://gameornot.net --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
