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

  • From: bdk <bdk@xxxxxxx>
  • To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 17:04:03 -0900

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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