[linux-help] Re: erasing an IDE hard drive

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If that is the only drive in the system, then you'll need to do that during
the install.  Hit Alt-F2 and you should have a command prompt with which you
can issue those commands.  


On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 07:17:04PM -0600, Michael Holmes wrote:
> 
> Should this be done after booting the install disk?
> 
> It is crashing on the install.  Right after it ask for Desktop/server/custom
> install.  AT that point it comes back no available drives
> 
> It is version 2.3 That came witht the 40 G hard drive.  Before Fdisk(dos
> ver) came back with would you like to enable large disk support?  Now it
> does not ask.
> 
> After fighting all weekend, I still have not got a linux server up.  I have
> the new computer with the LinModem, then the other one with the 56K Jumpered
> modem (trouble is it is isa, and the new computer does not have any isa
> slots, so I need a pci, and I have not found a single pci with jumpers
> [either plug and pray or winmodem])
> 
> Mike
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan Hall" <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 1:26 PM
> Subject: [linux-help] Re: erasing an IDE hard drive
> 
> 
> >
> > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=1024 count=1
> >
> > then run fdisk
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 01:31:03AM -0600, Michael Holmes wrote:
> > > I used the EZ drive with the western digital hard drive, Now I cannot
> get linux to read the hard drive.  I have removed the ez drive from it, but
> linux comes back with "no available resources"  or read error on hda boot
> sector.  Windows has no problem reading this.  I want to wipe the drive back
> to new condition
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > >
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