Re: How do I return to Win 98

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From: Magillanix
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 14:55

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Gilles & Jacinthe wrote:

> Linux doesnt run my fucking winmodem, and is very slugish on my
> dinosaure laptop...
> 
> For now I wish  to format everything and return with Microshaft.
> 
> When I boot <a:format c:/u> I get the message "Cannot format a network
> drive".
> 
> I rearranged differnet BIOS settings but to no avail...
> 
> PLEASE HELP ME.................................
> 
> Gilles

run fdisk from the boot disk and delete linux partition, then create a new 
partition using the same fdisk then reboot with the boot disk format c:

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From: Magillanix <magilanix@optushome.com.au>
Subject: Re: How do I return to Win 98
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