Re: small laptop with only floppy drive

[Brandon Richards <hobbes34@gmail.com>]

i just want to format the hard drive so i can start all over is there
a way to do this in knoppix?  i tried format /dev/hda but it doesnt
work.  please help.

Thanks

On Apr 8, 2005 12:40 PM, Victor Gvirtsman <victorgv@bu.edu> wrote:
> Brandon Richards wrote:
> 
> >ok here is the deal i have another really nice laptop with windows xp
> >on it.  i tried to dual boot into windows and debian and it wouldnt
> >let me into debian.  so i tried to put windows back on.  while in the
> >process of doing this something locked up and i rebooted.  now it wont
> >let me install anything.  when i try to boot into windows it locks up
> >at the windows screen then reboots.  when i try to boot into dos it
> >locks up at the mup.sys file.  i have googled the mup.sys file and it
> >gives me crap.  so i made a knoppix cd. it will let me boot into
> >knoppix, but i dont have any privileges as i dont know knoppix's su
> >password.  i want to install debian but dont know how to.  when i boot
> >into knoppix and run partition image i get three different drives in
> >the menu.  i know what two of them are but cant figure out the third
> >and it wont let me do anything as i am not su.  please help any way u
> >can.
> >
> >thanks,
> >
> >brandon
> >
> >
> There is no root password on knoppix . just type su and you are root.
> Or boot "knoppix 2" wich will give you text mode and login as root with
> no password
> 
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