Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 12:26:28 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: dlr <dlr@asylum.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hard disk..converting from freebsd back to dos Message-ID: <33379A44.76B4@barcode.co.il> References: <19970324203048.00927@asylum.asylum.org>
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dlr wrote: > > I've run freebsd on many different machines, and have 2 hard disk each > about 200 megs both with freebsd installed. I used the *whole disk* for > freebsd thinking i would never go back. > > Now i'd like to take those two hard disks and redo them to put them in a > windoz machine for my daughter (13y/o and she *does* know unix!). This is > an old 486-50dx machine, and it won't recognize the larger HD's out > now...otherwise i would just buy a new one. > > Of course a floppy boot to dos and the disks aren't recognized. Is there > a simple way to convert them back to dos/windows? > > Thanks, > > dave racette Did you try running FDISK on those? I think that if FDISK can't find a partition table on a disk it will offer you the option of creating one. Nadav
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