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Subject: Re: Hard disk..converting from freebsd back to dos
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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