Any fdisk will do it.. the /mbr option will wipe the mbr...period. You might want to check your ide controller & drivers...Windowz is a lot more picky about its drivers than unix/linux, and probably any other older OS. ]On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Dan Simmons wrote: > Try using the fdisk that comes with Win 98. I think it is different than the > rest. > > > Dan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wayne Nakata" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Linux-Ham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 7:57 AM > Subject: Help > > > > Hi, > > I found a spare drive that I needed to install oops windoz to run a > > program for SSTV and it requires windoz. Anyway I had installed Linux > > 6.1 at one point on the drive and also Solaris with no problem but now > > that I need to install 98 I fdisk'd adn formatted and started the > > install. All files were copied to the hard drive and it rebooted and the > > 98 startup screen ran and the bottom bar scrolled as it should but > > within one minute it hung and then came a blue screen with error unable > > to write to drive C. I then went ahead and installed linux to make sure > > the drive was ok well it installed just fine. SO I have a feeling Linux > > must have wrote something to the MBR and wouldn;t allow windoz to write. > > > > Does anyone have any ideas is to how I can correct this? I have tried > > fdisk /mbr reformatted etc etc but no help. I even was able to install > > NT and OS2 with no problem just win98 will not... > > Help > > > > Thanks, > > Wayne > > > ----- Jim Kusznir ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
