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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:47:00 -0600
From: Gregory Nowak <gnowak1@uic.edu>
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Subject: Re: Unloading Linux
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Note that in my experience, the below script will only clear the first 8 gb of the hard drive.
Greg


On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 09:18:31AM -0500, Pete wrote:
> @echo off
> DEBUG <%0
> A 100
> INT 13
> 
> RAX
> 0301
> RBX
> 0200
> F 200 L 200 0
> RCX
> 0001
> RDX
> 0081
> P
> ;REPLACE LAST 0080 WITH  0081 IF
> ;YOU WANT TO CLEAR THE SECOND
> ;PHYSICAL HDD, 2 FOR THE THIRD,ETC.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rodney" <rodneylist@home.com>
> To: "Speakup List" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 9:46 AM
> Subject: Unloading Linux
> 
> 
> > Hi all.
> >  
> > I was having trouble installing Slackware Linux on a computer so I tried
> > it on my development hard drive.  I was going to reinstall Windows on it
> > anyway so I tested the Slackware install and all went well.  But now I
> > have to remove Linux and reinstall Windows 98 SE.
> >  
> > The problem is that even though I repartitioned the hard drive and
> > reformatted it with my windows startup disk, the LILO menu still
> > appears.
> >  
> > I assume the menu is written on the boot sector of the hard drive and my
> > reformatting does not erase it.
> >  
> > Can anyone tell me how to totally clear my hard drive so I can do a
> > fresh install of a different OS?
> >  
> > Rodney    
> > 
> > 
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