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crouse · January 16th, 2003, 11:52 AM

http://dfarq.homeip.net/index.php?p=751&c=1

The above link is an EXCELLENT artical

BTW.......... I found the command

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda

[edit]
Upon further reflection

.......... Couldn't you boot Knoppix ......... and use that command above....... instead of using the diskette talked about in the above artical??

January 16th, 2003, 11:52 AM	#9 (permalink)
crouse Ultimate Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 2,879	http://dfarq.homeip.net/index.php?p=751&c=1 The above link is an EXCELLENT artical BTW.......... I found the command dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda [edit] Upon further reflection .......... Couldn't you boot Knoppix ......... and use that command above....... instead of using the diskette talked about in the above artical?? __________________ USA Linux Users Group OpenSUSE.us Last edited by crouse : January 16th, 2003 at 11:56 AM.