Re: DOS

by "Capt. Ron" <strays(at)bellsouth.net>

Date:	Fri, 8 Dec 2000 11:42:47 -0500
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Billy said

> 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...

The Dos command from your startup floppy is =
format c:
Then use fdisk to set partitions 
Capt. Ron
http://www.pets911.org

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