On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Bill Bennett wrote:
> The problem is that, at the moment, the laptop is infested with
> Windows 2000. I'd like to go completely over to Linux (ie, no
> partitioning.
>
> I assume that I should with a clean slate, ie., an empty hard
> disk, but I'm not sure how this can be done. The booklet
> accompanying the CDs is silent on the matter.
>
> So I asked about.
>
> The advice I've received thus far:---
>
> 1) Uninstall Windows.
>
> 2) No, wipe the disk.
>
> 3) No, simply over write Windows.
>
> Can anyone comment on this, please?
>
> [I have a problem with logic here. It seems to me that I cannot
> order an operating system to destroy/remove itself, because what
> carries out this operation, ie., what's left after completion, is
> part of the operating system. Am I right?]
1) Obtain MSdos 6.x floppy boot disk.
2) Place MSDOS fdisk.exe program on MSDos 6.x disk
3) Boot from MSDos 6.x disk
4) Use fdisk.exe to remove all partitions from Winblows infection
5) Reboot from MSDos 6.x floppy
6) issue command "fdisk /mbr" from MSDos 6.x disk
7) Happily install Linux, Winblows infection removed.
DaZZa
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