The DOS command to get the disk to boot into DOS is:
format c: /s however I believe that you will need to first use FDISK to
put a DOS partition onto the disk
and make it the primary bootable one... All of this will probably wipe out
everything on the disk unless you had DOS on there before.
Robert
> From: Tom Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 8/15/99 7:54 PM:
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> >Funny, rebooted the PC and it just says "LI" where I was expecting
> "Starting MS-DOS..."
>
> Hi Lee:
> Heartbreaking, isn't it. In over twenty years I've experienced a few.
> Even when one keeps REALLY GOOD records, some of the tweaks still prove
> evasive.
> The "LI" comes from the hd MBR. Formatting a hard drive DOES NOT do
> anything to the MBR unless you use the mbr switch when formatting. If you
> need to boot from the hd with DOS, you need to overwrite the MBR with
> "format /mbr" or something like that (see your DOS manual).
>
> >Booted off the boot disk, well I can access my C: drive - a start.
> Starting ScanDisk, it
> >found 1 Bad cluster. I wonder if Linux can install over the bad cluster?
> sigh...
> >Quantum FireBall 3.2gb hard-disk, 5 months old. How the heck could it
> crash already??
>
> Aren't IDE drives wonderful? HINT - why do you think IDE drives are so
> much cheaper than SCSI drives? However, a Quantum Fireball has a five year
> warranty if I remember correctly. Take it back and get a new one.
>
> Hope you have better luck with a new drive,
> Tom
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