RE: DOS
by Dan Johnson <shadowdan(at)yahoo.com>
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Fri, 8 Dec 2000 13:01:21 -0800 (PST) |
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"'Billy O'Connor'" <billy(at)kennet1.freeserve.co.uk> |
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Oh stay outtta there~
--- Lyle <Lyle(at)lcrcomputer.com> wrote:
> Ever use Debug to get into the controller to do a
> low-level format...
>
> Jeez, these kids<GRIN>!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Lapcewich
> [mailto:dlapcewich(at)intira.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 12:08 PM
> To: hwg-servers(at)hwg.org
> Cc: 'Billy O'Connor'
> Subject: RE: DOS
>
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Is there anyone out there that knows a little DOS
> ? I have an old 486
> > running Win3.1 that I want to put Linux on. But
> first I want to re-format
> > the HD. I'm unsure of how to do this is DOS....
> I've tried fdisk, but I'm
> > not given the option to format, just create/delete
> partitions...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bill.
> >
>
>
> Bill,
>
> Start from scratch.
>
> If you have a bootable DOS disk, it should have on
> it FDISK and FORMAT. Use
> FDISK to partition the hard drive and then use
> FORMAT to ah, well, you know
> ... :)
>
> Gee, I remember when I had to do low-level
> formatting of a new hard drive
> using Adaptec tools *before* using FDISK and then
> FORMAT.
>
> You Win95/98/NT/00 Linux folks missed all the fun
> ... :)
>
>
> Dennis
>
>
=====
Daniel R Johnson
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