Simon Martin wrote:
>
> Dear List,
>
> I thought I should do the sensible thing and get in touch with
> someone who knew how to use fdisk to wipe Windows off my Hdrive
> so I could load Linux (Mandrake 7). I now have *no* partitions on
> my Hdrive. The LM installer won't install on a disk with no
> partitions.
>
> Can someone help me format my drive? I have the LM boot floppy
> and 3 CDs, *and that's it*, No Win CD, no nothing.
>
> Surely there must be a way to format the drive, before I go
> totally nuts...
>
> Thanks
> --
>
> Simon Martin
> London Uk
>
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> *Please note my e-mail address is now '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'*
Simon....boot with your CD and press F1 when prompted, then at
the ensuing boot prompt, type rescue and press the enter key.
Your system will come up in Linux with a prompt that says:
[root@rescue]#
at that prompt type:
fdisk /dev/hda
there will be another prompt like this:
Command (m for help):
at this prompt type:
n
and you'll see this:
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
so type:
p
and you'll see:
Partition number (1-4):
so type:
1
and you'll see:
First cylinder (XXX-XXX, default XXX):
so press the enter key, and you'll see:
Using default value XXX
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (XXX-XXX, default
XXX):
so press the enter key, and you'll see:
Using default value XXX
Command (m for help):
so type:
w
and you'll see:
[root@rescue]#
press ctl-alt del and install Linux Mandrake.
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MandrakeSoft Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Altadena, CA USA --Alan
