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I incorrectly partitioned a 4Gb disk using DOS's fdisk..
I  removed all the partitions to be begin a fresh install, but now fdisk
complains about the selection (unknow FS type?), and then I go round in
cicles !

I've tried to re-partition using the installation CD but that fails ..

Do I need to use a low-level format utility to wipe the disk, and whats
the correct way to format a disk
for Linux ?

Thanks in advance,

Martin,

Try using the linux fdisk utility see 'man fdisk' for more specific
information. It can handle most partition types even DOS/windows ones.

Eric

The DOS fdisk is not very flexible to say the least.

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> I've tried to re-partition using the installation CD but that fails ..

> Do I need to use a low-level format utility to wipe the disk, and whats
> the correct way to format a disk
> for Linux ?

You can't really do a true low-level format and that is not what you
need. If you want to format in Linux, you use the Linux fdisk as in
"fdisk /dev/hda" for the appropriate drive. Read the man page for
specific commands you can use.

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> Thanks in advance,

> Martin,

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