Re: Command-line operable FDISK substitute

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From: Michael Furman
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 23:02

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In article <4a4v4j$1n8p@tako.info.ucla.edu>, steven@ucla.edu says...
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>Does anyone have a command line FDISK substitue?  I'm trying to write a 
>workstation rebuild utility for a computer lab and it needs to run a batch 
file 
>that will delete and recreate the partition, format it, and unzip a file.
>
>The formatting and unzipping I can take care of, but since FDISK requires 
user 
>input, that part can't be automated.  Thus, the user (usually ignorant to 
the 
>intricacies of FDISK) must delte and recreate the partition.
>
   This is totally off-topic for comp.lang.C++.
   But .... Couple of years ago 
I had exactly the same problem. My solution was: throw away FDISK, but make 
a program which write phisical boot sector (using BIOS level), replace
autoexec.bat and reboot. After reboot - rut format e.t.c.



>Any information would be appreciated either posted here or sent to 
>steven@ucla.edu.  Thanks.
>
>

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