I intend to run only linux - Slack - on my private laptop, I have tried this command

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda

After running it says there is no more space on the drive.This is to get rid of the old partition since it keeps telling me that the partition is not valid. I am told that the sets everything to a "0"

I am able to boot up to the hash prompt even without the correct non linux partition. I use on of the floppy images that directly allows me boot the CD ROM.

However after using the above command, everything seems to still work, I mean installation and all.

I am not able to configure the system though my assumption is that. It is auto config., i.e the default kernel is auto loaded to the Hard Disk.

This time when the system is started again it says first that it cannot find a valid S2D partition! This i assume comes from the manufacturers BIOS, since the system was most likely made for windows.

But after this it just stops. It shows system specs and just stops!


One more thing, i cannot set the root password, it says no file or such directory exists!