--- Patrick Ouellette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > boot into linux (a rescue CD / Knoppix, however) > as root try > > # dd -if =/dev/zerol -of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=10
You're making up command options, as well as devices now? dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=10 *BUT* even then, that is poor poor poor advice, and superfluous to the question being asked. > This will totally blank the first 5K of space on the drive. The > "leftovers" from > the linux boot loader sometimes confuse Windows' installer. No the way you originally wrote it, alas. -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
