I used fdisk to clear all partitions. But when I boot up my box I still get a
splash screen with two kernels listed. Where are those kernels?
Cordially,
S. Barret Dolph
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On Thursday 01 April 2004 06:46, S. Barret Dolph wrote:
> I used fdisk to clear all partitions. But when I boot up my box I still get
> a splash screen with two kernels listed. Where are those kernels?
The kernels are gone if you used fdisk but you did not clear the MBR.
http://www.computing.net/linux/wwwboard/forum/24422.html
> Cordially,
> S. Barret Dolph
>
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On 04-01, pa3gcu wrote:
> On Thursday 01 April 2004 06:46, S. Barret Dolph wrote:
> > I used fdisk to clear all partitions. But when I boot up my box I still get
> > a splash screen with two kernels listed. Where are those kernels?
>
> The kernels are gone if you used fdisk but you did not clear the MBR.
> http://www.computing.net/linux/wwwboard/forum/24422.html
>
Good scheme Richard; Will try it in the future:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1
It may be of interest to try the boot and nuke scheme to
"zero" the rest of the drive just to be sure:
http://dban.sourceforge.net (dban-1.0.1-i386.img)
It has a "quick" selection as well as other more thorough
schemes approved by the US DoD, etc, booting from a 1.44 floppy.
And the 'fdisk /mbr' route is good for replacing the MBR with
the MBR of whatever the current boot system uses...
I learn more and more every day.. Really enjoying the list..
Hal - in Terra Alta, WV - Slackware GNU/Linux 9.0 (2.4.20)
Anyone can pile complexity upon complexity;
only a genius can truly simplify..
..
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On Thursday 01 April 2004 17:55, Hal MacArgle wrote:
> It may be of interest to try the boot and nuk=
e scheme to
> "zero" the rest of the drive just to be sure:
>
> http://dban.sourceforge.net (dban-1.0.1-i386.img)
I question the use of such things, put it this way, most all linux dist=
ro's=20
are so "used partition friendly" that they dont touch other partitions =
which=20
are defined, meaning, if one tryes to install some distro's on a disk w=
hich=20
is fully partitioned then the installer/ the keyboard operator _must_ d=
efine=20
which partition(s) are to be used, or, some distro's do have the option=
=20
allowing the user/operator/installer to define "use the whole disk".
It is up to the user/installer/operator to choose.
That i do belive is a better scheme than a certain well known OS uses.
I personally have never come accross an instance that i needed to use s=
uch a=20
drastic measure such as Hal mentioned, on the otherhand i am not saying=
=20
anything else than what i have stated, programs like the above are inte=
nded=20
to make life easier for some who know no better and make the more exper=
ianced=20
user think why would one want to use such a program.
Having said all that (again), Hal did make a good point in pointing it =
out.
--=20
If the Linux community is a bunch of theives because they
try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community
is built on organized crime.
Regards Richard
pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/
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