From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 21 20:41:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A51716A437 for ; Sun, 21 May 2006 20:41:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 092D743D45 for ; Sun, 21 May 2006 20:41:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k4LKfbXq030564; Sun, 21 May 2006 13:41:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id k4LKfbcJ030555; Sun, 21 May 2006 13:41:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 13:41:31 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Charles Howse Message-ID: <20060521204131.GA30259@thought.org> References: <20060520234655.GA9962@thought.org> <617FCA5B-C026-4F22-8DFD-62FD2FE62601@charter.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <617FCA5B-C026-4F22-8DFD-62FD2FE62601@charter.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 19++ years of service to the Unix community Cc: Gary Kline , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: cleaning off unix/linux???? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 20:41:45 -0000 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