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Re: [PLUG] reformatting a disk
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you need to run an fdisk with the /mbr switch. i.e. from a bootable floppy
with fdisk on it run
fdisk /mbr
This will format the Master boot record where Lilo lives and enable you to
have a clean start. At that point I would just go ahead with the linux
install. Good luck
Doug Weber
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Whitman" <michaelw@palawnet.com>
To: <plug@lists.nothinbut.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 1:56 PM
Subject: [PLUG] reformatting a disk
> What should i use to totally reformat a hard disk on which i have
installed
> LILO and RH linux. I tried to use DOS fdisk on a bootable floppy, but it
> didn't seem to be able to do anything with the linux partitions. I tried
> to install NT 4 ... and upon reboot it just hangs with a cursor and 'LI'
> (LILO remains?). My goal here is to totally purge the hard drive and do a
> fresh install of linux, and i would like to do it from a bootable
> floppy. The RH install program doesn't seem to give me the option to do a
> total reformat.
>
>
> Michael P. Whitman
> Programmer
> LAW.com
>
>
>
> mailto:michaelw@palawnet.com
>
>
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