Don't forget BootIT which runs from a single floppy. You just have to google for it as I forget the URL. sometimes having multiple tools for the same task does pay off. I do hope the EU backs off so the Knoppix guys can keep developing and testing more tools to add to their distro. CWSIV On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 13:41, Jerry Feldman wrote:
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On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:39:33 -0500 "Paul W. Abrahams"
wrote: On Monday 19 January 2004 12:01 pm, Martin Mielke wrote:
Hi list,
I'll try this out tonite when I come home: http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue63/okopnik.html
Let's see what happens... (keep your fingers crossed ;))
If you really want to clear a hard drive entirely (which is what the article seems to be talking about), try using the floppy-based disk utilities you can download from maxtor.com. I don't think that Martin wants to reformat his entire drive.
Since I do regular Linux installfests, I generally carry a standalone DOS diskette and Partition Magic. I would suggest that Martin also take a look at the anti-virus or firewall software that might be running on XP. That could very well be the culprit.
I've used fdisk /mbr many times. I have found that sometimes you need to run it multple times.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 can be run from the SuSE rescue system.
- -- Jerry Feldman
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