Re: Formatting a HDD Under Linux

run fdisk under windoz/dos
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From: <[email protected]>
To: "doc" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: [suse-ham-e] Formatting a HDD Under Linux


> Doc,
> See the HowTo at http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html
for
> the formatting info.  However, since there is not (that I know of ) an
> equivalent to the /s my opinion is to just reinstall SuSE 8.0 from the CDs
and
> let it repartition/format the disk for you.  Even in Windows you have to
> reinstall most of the OS from the CD since /s only makes the disk
bootable.
> Only in the "good ole days" of DOS did /s do something really useful!
>
> Hope this helps.
> 73,
> Robert
> WB4DHC/DL4GRC
> Friedrichshafen Germany
>
> On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 20:12:02 -0400 doc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I cannot recall how to do the DOS equivalent of
> > formatting
> > a hard disk drive.
> >
> > I have sold an older PC with SuSE 8.0 and need
> > to do the
> > equivalent of a "format /s c:"  to get my stuff
> > off it and to provide
> > him with a clean start.
> >
> > Thanks!  doc
> >
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