Reformatting

[CharmCityCrab]

I need to reformat a real old machine that runs OpenSUSE so I can then do a fresh install of Xubuntu to replace it (and hopefully increase it's usability and speed in so doing). How do I do a complete reformat? Is there a terminal command I can use in SUSE? Some other method?

I want to wipe the thing clean completely (I don't need to preserve any data, it's not my a computer I currently use regularly, as it's an old hand me down that came to me through several other people who each tired of it) and use it as a backup/change of pace machine with xubuntu. I just need to get it completely clean so I can stick in a xubuntu live CD and install.

[tamoneya]

just pop in the xubuntu liveCD and tell it to use the entire disk during the install. This will wipe anything that existed there before the install.

[CharmCityCrab]

just pop in the xubuntu liveCD and tell it to use the entire disk during the install. This will wipe anything that existed there before the install.

Cool. I guess using Darik's Boot and Nuke was overkill then? :) That's what I wound up going with -- it's reformatting as we speak. I guess I should have checked back here before going ahead with it! :) I'll know better next time. Thanks for the response!

[tamoneya]

yeah that would be overkill. I use it though whenever I am decommissioning a harddrive. I don't have highly sensitive data but it is a good practice and I am sure once I get out of college I will start to have more sensitive data on my computers.