formating hd with qtparted

[laminalinux]

hello there
i have inherited a 120GB hard disk which has 6 partitions(why?!!)
i want to install knoppix 3.6 or 3.7
i have been trying to partition the hard disk by using qtparted on knoppix live cd

however i get various problems such as 'disk is already mounted' which it is not and even umount has no effect (can not even mount the partitions)
so i can not even delete the partition

is there a command line way of frying the whole dist to 1s and 0s so i can do a clean install??

cheers in advanced

me

[nelz]

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cfdisk -z /dev/hda

will start with a blank partition table. Then just create what you want. The original partitioning is not destroyed until you select Write.

[laminalinux]

i would like to destroy!! all the partitioning if i can and then set up a swap and 2 others

how would i do that
thanx for the quick reply

[nelz]

I thought I'd just told you that!

[laminalinux]

you are right i am dumb

sorry!! re read 20s after post so feeling a plonker

[tytyty]

*boring*

Is it time to go back to school soon?

[mnbmnm]

[Anarhistu]

I just bought a pc with linux on it and I wanna install windows but I cannot .. Can someone help me ? Please ... Thanks ..