I think from memory the dos fdisk program will have trouble deleting non-dos partitions in an extended partition. If you have any of these, you will need to delete them by some other method... (say perhaps fdisk in linux, or the partitioning tool on a linux install media)
On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 01:44:24PM +1100, Michael Lake wrote: > Vladimir VRA09 Rakic wrote: > > First of all, I apologize for the disclaimer, it comes up with Qantas > > I have the same problem :-( > > > Is it as simple as sticking a DOS disk in fdd and re-formatting the hdd or > > it's more involved then that ? > > Pretty much so. One uses the DOS program fdisk to delete the Linux > partitions off the hard disk and to recreate one big one for Windows > again. Then use the DOS format command to actually format that new > partition for Windows. > > But can we stop you doing this? Think carefully, a whole new world of > Linux is emerging. Do you want to be a part of it? It's exiting, it's > fun and it's a revolution :-) > > Best wishes > Mike > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Michael Lake > University of Technology, Sydney > Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: 02 9514 1724 Fx: 02 9514 1628 > Ignore legal crap below :-) > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F > > DISCLAIMER > ===================================================================== > This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain > confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not > read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. > If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender > immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message > are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, > and with authority, states them to be the views the University of > Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for > viruses and defects. > ===================================================================== > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- "This is a corn chip, it's not Nachos" - Wilfred, Tropfest 2002
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