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 > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------ > > >This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. > > >To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > > >the word unsubscribe in the subject header. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. > > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > the word unsubscribe in the subject header. > > ------------------------------------ > This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the > word unsubscribe in the subject header. > > ------------------------------------ > This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject header. ------------------------------------ This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject header. ------------------------------------ This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject header.