>Put a dos boot disk in the floppy and format the hard drive. ... or I think that Partition Manager can do a dos format ... or there are plenty of stand-alone dos iso's available via Google
... but ... you may still have problems from the IBM bios if you don't have the recovery disk. I've installed linux, win2k and xp on TP's with only minor problems but I always left a dual boot to the original IBM os (Win 98 iirc). And I think I used Partition Manager to create a second non-ntfs partition before installing linux. Oh and a final word of warning - I still have a TP functioning as a doorstop because I chose Reisen-fs (?) for Linux which fell over when it ran out of space and I have so far failed to get any recovery program to work on it. Andrew Davies MBCS CITP - AndyD 8-)# ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. Please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] with any queries. ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
