Other Help Topics :: Formatting the drive?

Im trying to put DSL on the hard drive of my computer, but the problem is that Windows ME is already on the hard drive. Ive tried booting from a floppy and formatting from there, but the computer refuses to boot from the floppy for some reason. Anyway, when i try and start DSL from the cd, it loads, and then kicks to a screen that says:

"Cant find KNOPPIX file system, sorry. Dropping you to a (very limited) shell. Press reset button to quit".

This is all i can do really, unless there is something i can do at the Boot: menu. What i want to know is can i format the drive from either this screen, or the bootmenu screen. Btw i have to boot using vga=normal, because im using an old monitor. Thanks.

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