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Command to reformat a linux hard drive
Name: Mike Date: August 5, 2002 at 09:14:27 Pacific
Comment:
Does anyone know the command to wipe clean a hard drive currently running Linux Redhat 6.2? Thanks in advance.
Name: BJS Date: August 5, 2002 at 09:20:16 Pacific
Reply:
Depends on what you want to do with it.
If you want to install a different version of Linux then just format the drive during install. If you are switching to Windows then you need to delete all non DOS partitions, create a new FAT32 partition and format the drive.
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