Way back in the day, when MS DOS was the thing, the command line to delete the entire harddrive was del *.* Is there a similar line to use to delete the entire harddrive in linux?
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Way back in the day, when MS DOS was the thing, the command line to delete the entire harddrive was del *.* Is there a similar line to use to delete the entire harddrive in linux?
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There is an equivalent command, although rm is considerable more powerful that the del command. But in what circumstance would you want to delete the contents of a drive with this command?
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I was wondering in case I wanted to wipe it clean to install the new Ubuntu.
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If you wish to perform a clean install, thus removing all information already on your drive, you will not have to manually wipe the drive beforehand. The installation process will take care of this for you...Originally Posted by jonathan71381
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That doesn't delete an entire "drive"; instead, what it does is remove files and folders.the command line to delete the entire harddrive was del *.* I
Linux DOES have a command to wipe an entire drive -- but you don't need to use that just to do a clean install.
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