The problem, as I see it, is that he doesn't necessarily want to nuke the drive...my understanding is that he wants to keep Windows on there, as well as Linux.
Am I misreading? On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, David Talkington wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Mike Burger wrote: > > >XP doesn't use the old DOS fdisk, anymore, if I recall correctly. > > It doesn't, but maybe the OP is trying to use a DOS disk. Doesn't > matter, the answer is the same; nuke it during install. > > - -d > > > >On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, David Talkington wrote: > > > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> RAMAN GUPTA wrote: > >> > >> >I recently bought a Sony Vaio Notebook (P-III) preinstalled Win Xp, > >> >with C: (Fat32) and D:(NTFS) partitions. I do not have a Win XP CD, > >> >but only a Sony Recovery CD and it does not let me delete the D: > >> >partition (with Fdisk). > >> > >> Who cares what MS-DOS fdisk thinks? Delete it during the Red Hat > >> installation process, using Linux fdisk or Disk Druid. > >> > >> - -d > >> > >> > >> - -- > >> David Talkington > >> > >> PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/0xCA4C11AD.pgp > >> - -- > >> http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/pale_blue_dot.html > >> > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> Version: PGP 6.5.8 > >> Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 > >> > >> iQA/AwUBPFMqcb9BpdPKTBGtEQJgKACgntuV+u5p+U1jUP7BMkpxMLRjEhQAn1E8 > >> c1TXSTQAAnTLN6j4fZZQeWdR > >> =ykbq > >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Redhat-list mailing list > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > >> > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Redhat-list mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > - -- > David Talkington > > PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/0xCA4C11AD.pgp > - -- > http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/pale_blue_dot.html > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 6.5.8 > Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 > > iQA/AwUBPFNF+L9BpdPKTBGtEQKTcgCeO9ZbVMOVVRM/LUs4rXYm+kL3+EIAn1jg > cNKoqFn8ZVnlPSats8ShKPt1 > =76/z > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
