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Old 07-09-2008, 09:42 AM
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one for the beardy computer geeky tech bots (Linux)

I have Fedora 7 on the system, and need to remove it and install Windows. Like all things Linux it needs kernels, code and grubs, and I haven't a bleeding clue what to do.

anyone?
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Old 07-09-2008, 09:53 AM
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Google returned this. It refers to Mandrake, but I can't see why the Fedora installer wouldn't do the same:


Boot into Linux (preferably using a rescue diskette or CD; possibly using Mandrake's installation CD and switching to VC 2 (the second virtual console on most Linux installation packages is a command prompt).
Then, for each drive you can run fdisk -l like:

fdisk -l /dev/hda fdisk -l /dev/hdb fdisk -l /dev/sda
... etc.
Look for Linux and Linux Swap partitions in each of these listings. On any of them that list a Linux or Linux Swap partition, run fdisk in interactive mode (just leave out the -l option), and delete those partitions.
If you want to wipe out a whole drive (e.g. you don't have any non-Linux stuff on it that you wish to preserve) you can use the 'dd' command with script zeros over all of it, or just the MBR. Here's a couple of example commands:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda count=1 bs=512 ## just wipe the MBR dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda ## blank everything!
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Old 07-09-2008, 10:57 AM
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thanks, but that means nothing to me

what the **** is mandrake, and how do i switch to a v2?

I surf porn, post on golf forums, and take pictures on a digital camera, I know nothing else, what you posted is another language, only understood by men who were breast fed until they were 7 (you excepted)
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Old 07-09-2008, 11:16 AM
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thanks, but that means nothing to me

what the **** is mandrake, and how do i switch to a v2?

I surf porn, post on golf forums, and take pictures on a digital camera, I know nothing else, what you posted is another language, only understood by men who were breast fed until they were 7 (you excepted)
OK then....

I'm afraid I can't help anyone who doesn't know the first thing about Linux, and then tries to use it.

That's about as smart as jerking off a bull and expecting to get milk (something I'm sure you're also quite familiar with.)
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Lol, I didn't try and use it, the system came with it pre-installed
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There is a program called DBAN (Darik's Boot and Nuke) that will completely wipe out any hard drive. You would need to be able to get to the Linux command line to create a bootable CD that can be used to wipe the drive (instructions below.)

Once you wipe it, you can just install XP from it's CD.

Darik's Boot and Nuke (Hard Drive Disk Wipe)

If you are not comfortable with the Linux command line, or creating and using a bootable CD (and making sure your computer BIOS is configured to allow booting from the CD-ROM) then I suggest you take it to a computer shop and pay them the money to do it.
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Man, I get a freaking headache even reading about computer related shit.
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LOl, and me, thanks for the help Eracer, but....

"If you are not comfortable with the Linux command line"

I don't even know what that means so I think I need a beardy twat to do it for me
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There is a program called DBAN (Darik's Boot and Nuke) that will completely wipe out any hard drive. You would need to be able to get to the Linux command line to create a bootable CD that can be used to wipe the drive (instructions below.)

Once you wipe it, you can just install XP from it's CD.

Darik's Boot and Nuke (Hard Drive Disk Wipe)

If you are not comfortable with the Linux command line, or creating and using a bootable CD (and making sure your computer BIOS is configured to allow booting from the CD-ROM) then I suggest you take it to a computer shop and pay them the money to do it.
There is the solution...

good luck bud!


You guys and your milking of bulls...lmao
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You guys and your milking of bulls...lmao

Gotta thicken the gravy somehow.
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Old 07-09-2008, 12:32 PM
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Gotta thicken the gravy somehow.
At $20,000 a pop, I'll stick to corn starch...

Here's a little teaser for ya'. (Educational video shown on Discovery Channel.)

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Hey dave here ya go...
1. Unplug computer
2. Throw out 2nd story window
3. Wait for BIG truck to run it over
4. Buy new computer with real software
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Eracer, thanks a lot for your help, Deriks boot and nuke did the trick, now back to XP
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Eracer, thanks a lot for your help, Deriks boot and nuke did the trick, now back to XP
Glad to here it. Now about that horse...
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**** the horse.

the only thing i can't get working is the frigging dongle, bastard thing will connest to the router but not get an ip addy
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