Formating an NTFS bootable partition

[235u at comcast.net (D.E. Chadbourne)]

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Al wrote:
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| In preparation for installing linux on Partition D,
| I would like to format D-partition (is NTFS), and get rid of the
| annoying boot-up selection mention on restart.
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hi.  i may be missing something, but if your just putting a penguin on
part d it's pretty easy.  i was duel booting with xp (for games only)
and also had redhat.  it was completely painless and all the necessary
tools were there for formatting (it was so idiot proof even i couldn't
screw it up).  now grub asks me which os i want.  does the distro your
going to use not do this?  if you feel you need to reformat now, well
here's a quote from the great satan;
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313348

these guys have cool stuff also,
http://bootdisk.com/

or you could erase both partitions and put a little penguin sticker on
your notebook,
http://www.hackerstickers.com/products/sticker-linuxpengiun.shtml
i have one on my motorcycle helmet!

good luck
- -eric.
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