Karen, I have had good results using the gdisk utility (like fdisk). Search for it on google and download it to a bootable floppy (98) and wipe away.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Lofstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 11:11 PM Subject: [luau] Bizarre request > > I've gotten in WAY over my head in an attempt to cobble together a working > system unit out of bits and pieces. Combining 5-year-old and new > components is tricky :( This would be fine if it were for me, but it's not > -- it's for some poor neighbors who have contributed some money and time > towards my efforts. So I feel that I owe them a working system. The only > way I can see to do it, now, is to give them the Linux box that my brother > gave me. It's an old AT-form-factor PII computer that was no longer worth > upgrading. As soon as I get a job -- if I ever get a job -- I can assemble > my own Linux box. And make do with just my recently upgraded Windoze box > until then. > > Of course it would be nice to just hand them a Linux box, but I don't > think they could handle it (the parents have eighth-grade educations). > Plus they want to go online with AOL, play popular games, etc. So I've got > to figure out a way to remove the SUSE OS and reformat the HD to Windoze. > I'm stuck. Windoze fdisk won't remove Linux partitions, and an attempt at > Linux fdisk from the command line, as root, failed. I can't get the system > to remove itself! > > I faced a problem like this a few years ago, but I was able to back out > with a Red Hat installation diskette. I don't have it now; I gave my > whole Red Hat set to a poor Chinese student. So what CAN I do to wipe the > system clean? I have a SUSE boot disk but it just reverts to the regular > HD boot. > > I know that removing Linux and installing MS is heresy. Revile me if you > must, but help me revamp my Linux box so I can give it away. > > -- > Karen Lofstrom > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau
