[Tfug] Repartition Drive with Linux to add Winders

jblais joe.blais at pti-instruments.com
Mon Feb 18 11:50:05 MST 2008



> George Cohn
> jblais wrote:
> >
> > DOS can't repartition it.  I think we tried nuking all the partitions.
> >
>
> I had that problem once but was able to boot from a DOS 6.2 floppy, do
> an fdisk and format it.  Then I was able to go back and install Linux.
> It has something to do with what is written to the MBR I think.
>
> George Cohn
>

We tried that, but the DOS we had didn't recognize the old Linux partitions,
so it didn't want to nuke them.

Joe







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