From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta6.snfc21.pbi.net ([206.13.28.240]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17wbaW-0008F9-00 for ; Wed, 02 Oct 2002 00:58:20 -0400 Received: from panda.PacBell.NET ([64.170.194.222]) by mta6.snfc21.pbi.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (built May 7 2001)) with ESMTP id <0H3C003KO8H3RH@mta6.snfc21.pbi.net> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 21:58:16 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 22:01:32 -0700 From: Bear in SFO Subject: Re: uninstalling slackware In-reply-to: <009001c2809e$05f62240$32f20143@com> X-Sender: bearsfo@postoffice.pacbell.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-id: <5.1.0.14.0.20021001215930.00ace630@postoffice.pacbell.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_ZRztoJW8RkgfMdG8hHNb4Q)" Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: --Boundary_(ID_ZRztoJW8RkgfMdG8hHNb4Q) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT You might have to zero fill your hard drive - well, at least the MBR There is a way you can clean the MBR with the DOS FDISK command but not sure how good that works... --David At 09:26 PM 10/30/2002 -0800, you wrote: > Hello from brookston minnesota. >I unstalled slackware8.1 and now when I try to reinstall it I get a >message telling me that I am parttition for linux when I am not. --Boundary_(ID_ZRztoJW8RkgfMdG8hHNb4Q) Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
You might have to zero fill your hard drive - well, at least the MBR
There is a way you can clean the MBR with the DOS FDISK command but not sure how good that works...

--David

At 09:26 PM 10/30/2002 -0800, you wrote:
                Hello from brookston minnesota.
I unstalled slackware8.1 and now when I try to reinstall it I get a message telling me that I am parttition for linux when I am not.
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