On Saturday 06 March 2010 00:09:58 Mark wrote: > I hope there is a simple answer to this question (fingers crossed): how do > I overwrite an existing partition (hda2 for example) with all zeros > (essentially blanking the partition clean in preparation for installing > Lenny), without destroying the partition table? I've used the shred > command to wipe partitions before, but it messes up the partition table > along with it. The purpose is that I have a 200gb hard drive with > music/pics/etc. on a separate partition from the OS that I will mount via > fstab upon boot. I've searched around and the dd command can probably do > it but haven't gotten the command line to do it. Any thoughts? > > Thanks in advance, > Mark > "If" I understand your question correctly; you want to keep your 200 Gb and do a new install.First question: are those 200 gb on a separated partition? If no, then you should save the music on a external drive, or create a partition to put it on. Then during the new install choose manual partitioning and go on. Thierry
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