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Article #1826Re: Removing Linux
From: Jack Hoult
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 00:00
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 00:00
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>wince< ok, one trick that I found to work, is to start another install, and when diskdruid is open, delete all partions, then exit, saving the partition info to the partition table. DOS' FDISK can not access a Linux/UNIX partition, let alone delete it. Fdisk is a rather old program and has not been upgraded properly over the years, except to do what MS wants it to do -Wolph <bounceback@bounce.com> wrote in message news:38b24f55.4374379@news.flash.net... > i am new to linux and have tried unsuccesffully to install redhat 6.1 > 4 times on this one hard drive. it keeps getting as far as the post > configuration and it just hangs. > > my question is how do i get back to the dos partition of the hard > drive. everytime i try to boot up using my win 98 boot disk it will > not read the c: drive. is there away i can get rid of the linux > partion? > > i still want to learn linux, justhink i need to try a diffrent > compurter. > > thanks in advance > > thevoice@flash.net
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11033e,dc53e2dbd6979664 X-Google-Attributes: gid11033e,public From: "Jack Hoult" <airwolph@pacbell.net> Subject: Re: Removing Linux Date: 2000/05/11 Message-ID: <VHKS4.247$4L1.208413@news.pacbell.net> X-Deja-AN: 622397826 References: <38b24f55.4374379@news.flash.net> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 X-Complaints-To: abuse@pacbell.net X-Trace: news.pacbell.net 958101365 63.203.72.191 (Thu, 11 May 2000 20:16:05 PDT) Organization: SBC Internet Services X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 20:16:05 PDT Newsgroups: ahn.tech.linux