From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rhombus.bright.net ([205.212.123.75]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16aQbe-0004fz-00 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 19:15:34 -0500 Received: from woos-max1-cs-9.dial.bright.net (woos-max1-cs-9.dial.bright.net [209.143.18.28]) by rhombus.bright.net (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g1C0FZ1F007500 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 19:15:36 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 19:16:57 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Ward X-X-Sender: To: Subject: Re: Unloading Linux In-Reply-To: <000f01c1b334$730ba9a0$9d2efea9@j7o5o8> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 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: Hi, use fdisk. You can stick in your Windows dos bootdisk, type fdis, at the dos prompt, and then first delete any non-dos partitions, and then you should be ready to fdisk and create Windows partitions. On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, 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" > To: "Speakup List" > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >