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anyone got any ideas how i could completely remove everything on my HD? i have win2000 advanced server currently installed, but want to remove everything from my HD so i can play around with linux. been looking around for ages, any ideas? |
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download a bootdisk from bootdisk.com boot use fdisk to delete all partitions create new partitions and if you want, format the partitions but if you install linux it's possible to delete/create partitions from the setup program. |
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i dunno, but i recommend backing up EVERYTHING you have first - also make sure everything you have is compatible with Linux, software / driver-wise. oh i'm sorry - i'm sure you know that. |
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thanx phob, |
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good luck |
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What distro ya installing? Red Hat is what I've been using but they're going to stop releasing it except for the expensive corporate flavor so I'm looking for alternatives. I've been thinking of trying Gentoo - it seems to be up to date and not all weird and unstandardly fucked up like Mandrake - there's always something minor, annoying and unfixable in Mandrake like fucked up font behaviour in X. |
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Red Hat for 'hobbyists' is continuing as the Fedora distro. I haven't tried it yet. All the cool kids use Debian. |
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im trying CRUX. i want a real slim version that i can just build on myself. still didnt get time to install it today, ended up finding an open source DOS (www.freedos.org) and playing around with that for a little while. CRUX goes on tomorow. |
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just check if you your dosbootdisk version can handle ntfs partitions (if you have some) then, like phob said, create new partitions, i recommend an extra partition for your files and one for the system. |
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Isn't Debian still using the 2.0.36 kernel? ;-) I started installing Gentoo last night - already I can tell it's faster and less crapped-up than Red Hat. The Portage system is great - if you don't have the package locally, it retrieves it for you, resolves dependencies, and builds it from source if necessary. It spozed be better than apt-get but I'm not familiar with apt-get soooo.... The installer consists of a bootable CD that boots to a command line - you have to fdisk, make filesystems, untar some shit, compile a kernel (fortunately there's an auto-config option that uses your detected hardware to configure the build), manually configure your bootloader and network files, run xf86config... not for grandmas. And this was the stage 3 "easy" install! So far I give it a 10/10 for technical users - the distro, website and documentation are very slick and well thought out. I read through the install doc and pretty much typed everything verbatim from the examples, substituting kernel versions etc where necessary. I give it a 1/10 for non technical users though - it would make them shit and piss with fear. |
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---------------------------------------------- Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction. ---------------------------------------------- |
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or for destroying the computers in school :D:D *evil laugh* thanks! |
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"yeah sure [insert name of some mean guy you know], here's a termpaper i did a while back, in word format. i got an A on it, just change the name and teach will never know. it's pretty big though, may take a while to load. click 'ok' then go eat a sammich or something." |
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Heh, the Debian folks are cautious - but not that bad! They are at 2.2.22 at the moment! |
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is my favourite distro. I used to be a debian user, but gentoo takes the debian mentality one step further. It compiles all of your software from the source, optimising the use of your hardware! *dance dance dance* |
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let's try that again: |
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a gun should help |
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wait a minute, yayy everyones a gentoo user already |
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Ya know I had to track down and install three different libraries so far that KDE needed but Portage didn't account for. Not only that but I had to play guessing games with google to figure out the actual package titles from the names of the missing libraries. Not impressed at all. :-( |
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On the bright side, now that it's running a gui I can see it's only about a quintillion times faster than Red Hat 9 on the same hardware. :-) |
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