[PLUG] reformatting a disk

[Michael Whitman <michaelw@palawnet.com>]

What should i use to totally reformat a hard disk on which i have installed 
LILO and RH linux.  I tried to use DOS fdisk on a bootable floppy, but it 
didn't seem to be able to do anything with the linux partitions.  I tried 
to install NT 4 ... and upon reboot it just hangs with a cursor and 'LI' 
(LILO remains?).  My goal here is to totally purge the hard drive and do a 
fresh install of linux, and i would like to do it from a bootable 
floppy.  The RH install program doesn't seem to give me the option to do a 
total reformat.


Michael P. Whitman
Programmer
LAW.com



mailto:michaelw@palawnet.com


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