lilo -U -r /dev/hdx
then fdisk and remove the partition.
or you can low-level format it with the manufacturers low-level format tool. If you want it non-recoverable though you'll need to flood every sector with junk characters at least a dozen times, then low-level format it.
Andrew
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From: SOTL <sotl155360@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: slug@nks.net
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 14:23:53 -0400
>Is there a way to format a HD such that all vestages of linux including the
>boot record are removed yielding a virgin HD?
>
>Thanks
>Frank
>
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