The easiest way I know of is : boot dos fdisk /mbr This will overwrite the master boot record that other boot loaders like grub, lilo and the like change. Since this is one of the few places that are intentionally difficult to erase, the best you can do is restore/overwrite it. The /mbr tells fdisk to write the master boot record. It wont do this unless specifically asked. That way partition extension software wont get accidently get killed. Of course, after an MS-reboot, you can change the partition table, or erase it. The drive should be comeletely MS-managable.
Jerry Ely -----Original Message----- From: john czarnuszewicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 8:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: HELP needed cleaning off a LINUX Hard Drive 1. I have an old HD I want to clean off and give to someone who would use it as a second hard drive. 2. No matter what I do or try I am unable to trash or rewrite the MBR. 3. Installing DOS (Novell7, PC DOS7, MS DOS5) or CALDERA 2.4 linux works BUT once installed no boot up. I even tried PTS DOS Fdisk. Also tried BSD 4.2. GRUB shows its ugly face after booting. Dont know what it is just that I dont want it. 4. ONTRACK & AMIGA DIAG 4.0 GIVE the HD & system (P-11 233) a clean bill of health. 5. The HD is an IBM 1.7 GB. Spent (WASTED !!!!) the entire day on this. Any quick self booting utilities to kill the GRUM and write a simple MBR?
