On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 20:27, Lorne wrote: > What I would do is to remove the HD, or unplug it, then wen the computer > comes up with a floppy boot, do another FDISK /MBR to clean off the mbr on > the drive that is giving you the problem. OR..... Make SURE that the cmos is > set to the drive you want. Sometimes cmos controls which drive it looks to > first. ?? If she changed that, then she may be able to get away without > physically unplugging the drive.
One drive... can't miss ... *grin* > > On Monday 30 September 2002 11:40 pm, you wrote: > > James Sparenberg wrote: > > > doing this (fdisk /mbr ) wipes lilo from the mbr but it > > > still doesn't get rid of the lilo on hda1 (or in winders > > > speak C drive)..... which is the real monster.... Nor > > > unfortunately does it allow windows to install *grin*.... > > > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 count=1 bs=512 && sync && echo done > > > > > James > > > > > > On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 22:30, Vox wrote: > > > > James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Turns out DOS and NT boot disks/cd's don't recognize > > > > > her cdrom or cdrw ... so they can't load them up. I > > > > > would like to know what the file is > > > > > > > > I'd try a DOS floppy and do "fdisk /mbr" from there, > > > > while having that HD as the *only* HD in the box (I have > > > > no clue how to tell it to do it only to a certain disk). > > > > That should fix it. BTW, that's an undocumented DOS fdisk > > > > switch, MS says it doesn't exist, so you may destroy your > > > > computer with it and can't blame me :) > > > > > > > > Vox > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Pain is the gift of the gods, and I'm the one they chose > > > > as their messenger.... For info on safety in the BDSM > > > > lifestyle http://www.the-vox.com > > > > > > > > Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated > > > > by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our > > > > religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than > > > > everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr. > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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