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  • 09-08-2002 2:25pm
    #1
    Static M.e.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭


    K people , Ive an easy Question for you ... :)

    How do I format a linux redhat box to make it usable for
    Windows?

    Ive tried a few disks and none seem to work , i know next to
    nothing about Linux here so a dumbed down answer would be much apprecaited please. :)
    Also if i need certain tools could you please tell me if they are
    freeware or shareware , as I cant see myself doing this very often so i dont want to waste money on tools that i wont use .

    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    flamegrill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭flamegrill


    U need to re-partition the disk. To be honest if you try install win2k it will do it for you. So for with that.

    personally id just cat /dev/random > /dev/hda and blast the partition table out of it and start again :)

    Regards

    Paul


  • #3
    SkepticOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,718 ✭✭✭SkepticOne


    Alternatively,

    As root:

    > fdisk /dev/hda (or whichever disk)

    within the fdisk program type:

    p (to list the partitions)

    d (to delete selected partions)

    w (to write the new partion table and exit fdisk)


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