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Re: Installation Problem

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From: Greg Roth
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 00:00
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use the dos debugger to wipe clean the partition table::
debug
f200 l200 0
a 100
mov ax,301
mov bx,200
mov cx,1
mov dx,80
int 13
int 3
<an extra enter here>
g=100
q

will write 512 bytes of zeros at the start of the disk (over the mbr and
partition table)


    -Greg
Brian Culligan <bculligan@metro.co.za> wrote in message
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> I spoke to the two people in the Dept who know the most about Linux - they
> are both of the
> opinion that it is your Linux partition that is causing you the problems.
> If you want a multiple
> boot system with Linux on it, install Linux after the DOS partition.
>
> How to get rid of your Linux partition?  The one person told me he
installs
> SCO over Linux and
> the other suggested Partition Magic or the FDISK /MBR command in DOS
>
> ccarter <ccarter@mail.icongrp.com> wrote in article
> <38DEA308.5B4068A4@mail.icongrp.com>...
> > I've been trying to install Netware 5 for the last week and I am at my
> > wit's end as to what to try next.  I get no error messages, it just
> > echos install and a line of dots underneath, then reboots
>
> snip
>
> I do have a 750M partition at the beginning of the hard drive that
> > was made with Partition Magic and formatted for Linux that DOS sees as
> > non-DOS.  Could this be a problem?
> >
>
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From: "Greg Roth" <GRoth99@bigfoot.com>
Subject: Re: Installation Problem
Date: 2000/03/27
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