** On Feb 18, Blazej Sawionek scribbled: > Apparently I was hacked (via nfsd) so I plan to reinstall the whole system. > Is it safe to leave the rest as is or do I have to do something more than just clean the disk with `rm'? > I mean all the boot records, master boot records, LILO's and so on and so forth. There shouldn't be any need to repartition your drive, and the boot block shall get overriden anyway during the install phase. Formatting your partitions should be enough during the install. You don't need to 'rm' anything, just format the partitions. And after installing the system (make sure you're hooked off the net) make a zero-copy of the installation on tape, CD or whatever (for example, save a copy of the MBR, the image of the entire boot partition and a snapshot of /var and /usr) - that should give you a nice start should you need to recover from a hackup again. marek
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