[Gllug] wiping a partition

[Jack Richards]

fdisk on the device is probably the best way.  If these partitions are the 
only ones on the disk then the "o" option to create a blank DOS table should 
provide a good place to start.  Otherwise the "d" option on the required 
partitionis all that is needed.  Remember to write the changes 

Jack 

Quoting john gennard <joney at clara.co.uk>:

> I want to eliminate all the data on three large partitions to
> make way for two Debian based distros which apparently
> will not install to partitions already containing data.
> 
> Some time ago, I kept an email stating how this can be done
> but now cannot find it.
> 
> Will someone kindly let me know how to do this.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John.
> 
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