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4 total messages Started by LongHairedRedneck Thu, 04 May 2000 00:00

#1784

Author: LongHairedRedneck
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 00:00

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I just got linux RH 6.1, I've been messing with it installing it and
reinstalling it. Just to help get the feel of it. Then I tried to reformat
the hard drive, and reinstall windows. fdisk won't reformat the drive for
DOS! It lists the / partition as a non dos partition but it won't let me
delete it. It tells me i can't delete the partition because it contains
logical drives, but when I try to delete the logical drive it says this
partition contains no logical drives and it's back to step one!

There must be a way to re format a drive back to DOS???????But
How?????????????


LHR

Re: Hard Drive

#1786

Author: The Linux Shop
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 00:00

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This is a real bad example of how limited anything from Microsoft really is.
I used an old application from '93 called "Disk Manager" by on-track to get
the partition table into proper shape. You might try doing it with the
install disk of Linux and using the Linux fdsisk.
--
From Damien,
http://www.linuxshop.com.au


"LongHairedRedneck" <longhairedredneck@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:957500710.303565@users.anet-stl.com...
> I just got linux RH 6.1, I've been messing with it installing it and
> reinstalling it. Just to help get the feel of it. Then I tried to reformat
> the hard drive, and reinstall windows. fdisk won't reformat the drive for
> DOS! It lists the / partition as a non dos partition but it won't let me
> delete it. It tells me i can't delete the partition because it contains
> logical drives, but when I try to delete the logical drive it says this
> partition contains no logical drives and it's back to step one!
>
> There must be a way to re format a drive back to DOS???????But
> How?????????????
>
>
> LHR
>
>
>
>
>

Re: Hard Drive

#1812

Author: Ron van Berkel
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 00:00

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fdisk can't work with ext2fs so use RH's disk druid or format to remove all
linux slices.
reboot the system to DOS and do anything the "usual MS" way.

Greetz, Ron.

Re: Hard Drive

#1732

Author: Ron van Berkel
Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 00:00

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sorry i meant RH's disk druid or RH's fdisk\

Greetz, Ron

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