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Re: [PLUG] reformatting a disk
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Point of clarification: This is with MS-DOS FDISK.EXE, of course. If
you to do with GNU fdisk, you can specify "fdisk -mbr", if I'm not
mistaken (possibly depending on the version.
On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Douglas A. Weber wrote:
>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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