What is the easiest way to clean a partition completely? It seems as if the hard drive has multiple OS's installed. I would like to clean it totally off as I don't use any of the extra ones and also I don't like how you have the list when your computer starts.
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06-20-2008, 07:53 AM
"David Van Assche"
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I assume you are talking about grub and the way it lists the kernel upgrades... Ususally it automatically loads up the latest kernel, and the other stuff is just there in case something has gone wrong with your current install... But you can simply edit the grub boot up options and erase what you dont want. Its stored in /boot/grub/menu.lst
In order to make more space, your best option is using gparted (sudo apt-get install gparted) which will allow you do delete partitions, create new ones, and also extend or shrink existing partitions... This will have to be done from a non-mounted system however... (shrinking, extending that is) so you might wanna load up from a live cd to do that.
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What is the easiest way to clean a partition completely? It seems as if the hard drive has multiple OS's installed. I would like to clean it totally off as I don't use any of the extra ones and also I don't like how you have the list when your computer starts.
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07-01-2008, 04:13 PM
"Greg Reagle"
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In order to answer your question, I need to know what you want to
accomplish. Reducing the entries in a bootloader (e.g. Grub, Lilo) list
is very different from erasing a partition.
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07-02-2008, 11:53 AM
"Jack Boyle"
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If you want to totally and irrecoverably wipe everything from a hard disk, deleting all partitions along the way, you might consider Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN").
But read the instructions carefully, as I believe the default is to wipe all disks in the computer!
http://dban.sourceforge.net/
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07-02-2008, 12:24 PM
"Alex Antener"
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You can also use "wipe" or "shred".
Check: http://www.techthrob.com/tech/securedelete.php
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2008/7/2 Jack Boyle <jkb973@gmail.com>:
If you want to totally and irrecoverably wipe everything from a hard disk, deleting all partitions along the way, you might consider Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN").
But read the instructions carefully, as I believe the default is to wipe all disks in the computer!
http://dban.sourceforge.net/
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