Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 13:41:31 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cleaning off unix/linux???? Message-ID: <20060521204131.GA30259@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <617FCA5B-C026-4F22-8DFD-62FD2FE62601@charter.net> References: <20060520234655.GA9962@thought.org> <617FCA5B-C026-4F22-8DFD-62FD2FE62601@charter.net>
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On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 07:21:23PM -0500, Charles Howse wrote: > > On May 20, 2006, at 6:46 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > > > Gang, > > > > A 40G drive that I thought was bad (when trying to install W2K > > on the drive) may be entirely good. I am trying to avoid having > > to buy a DOS/Win platform. I've had both W2K and FBSD or Ubuntu > > on this one machine. For various reasons I need one DOS machine. > > (Already have 7 or 8 *Nix servers.) The Windows 2000 > > "Professional" CD find some other non-Windows partition and > > press "D" and "L" as I will, the installation CD keeps > > complaining. Eventually I have to hit F3 to quit. So, nutshell, > > is there any way I can completely remove any trace of *Nix? > > -----I remember having a DOS floppy and typing an undocumented > > MBR \ command that wiped the drive clean of this boot record, > > but this was [mumble] years ago. > > > > thanks for any tips, y'all, > > > > gary > > Looking for delpart.exe? I've used it, it'll do the trick. > http://www.russelltexas.com/delpart.htm > Your suggestion would do the trick except that I cannot get any W2K installed. That's the problem. So I'm stuck between the rational (unix) and the imbecilic (guess). Too bad there isn't some unix/linux port, hopefully floppy-sized that will boot just enough DOS to use delpart.exe. Maybe FreeDOS has a boot floppy? Ahnybody here know? gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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