[juneau-lug] Re: Hard Drive Switch from Linux to Dos

That's it.  fdisk /mbr.

Whew.  Thanks to all who helped out with suggestions and tips.

Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Witt" <phillipw@xxxxxxx>
To: <juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 6:47 PM
Subject: [juneau-lug] Re: Hard Drive Switch from Linux to Dos



Well then .... that should fix it.
Either do a search for "fdisk /mbr" so you can learn about it before you
risk your hardware.
I hit google and this was the first link .... M$!!! Go figure.
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q69/0/13.ASP


Dan Zachary at KRSA wrote:

> Yes, lilo is coming up.
>
> Dan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Witt" <phillipw@xxxxxxx>
> To: <juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 5:35 PM
> Subject: [juneau-lug] Re: Hard Drive Switch from Linux to Dos
>
> I'm thinking this might me a
> fdisk /mbr
> kind of thing.  I'm guessing lilo is coming up?
>
> bdk wrote:
>
> > try
> > A:\>format c: /s
> >
> > The /s should make it bootable (transfer system files over), might be
> worth
> > a try even if 'sys c:' doesn't work. Also toss it in a win9x box and
> format
> > it that way.
> >
> > At 16:16 11/07/01 -0900, you wrote:
> >
> > >I have a computer that once contained linux on the hard drive.  I have
a
> > >temporary need to switch this back to DOS.  I changed the partitions to
> > >satisfy DOS and I reformatted the hard drive to prepare to accept DOS.
> > >Installed DOS.  When I boot from the hard drive, it attempts to load
> linux
> > >rather than dos.  I did the sys.com thing to but somehow the linux
loaded
> is
> > >still present and appears to supercede the DOS loader.
> > >
> > >What's the trick to make linux disappear?
> > >
> > >Dan
> > >
> > >
> > >
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