At 12:51 PM -0600 9/24/02, Andrew Kershaw wrote:
>So that 190 case bottom w/ mobo I bought a (long) while back came w/ a
>500MB hard disk. Since the 190 is dead, I never got around to testing
>the HD to see if it works. Today, I swapped it w/ my 1.1GB in my
>5300ce to install Linux.
>
>Well, imagine my surprise and consternation when I'm presented w/ a
>log in screen for Norton DiskLock!
>
>I can't find any way to get around it. Booting from floppy doesn't
>work, booting from external SCSI drives doesn't work. Even SCSI disk
>mode doesn't work.
>
>No matter what I do, if the protected disk is connected when I turn on
>the 'book, I get the same log in screen. I foolishly tried connecting
>the disk _after_ the boot started from the floppy, and that lets me
>boot to the desktop. But i can't reformat the disk (Disk Setup won't
>see it!).
>
>I don't want to waste 500MB. Does anyone have any idea how to format
>this disk? I don't care about the data on it, I just want to install
>Linux! ;-)
>
>I can't think of anything short of putting it in a PC, but I don't
>have any PCs that will take the 2.5" IDE disk.
I wonder if a Norton Utilities 3.5 CD could boot it?
Paul
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