From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 13 17:58:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA02537 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 17:58:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts9-line3.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.84]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA02531 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 17:58:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA00233; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 17:58:17 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 17:58:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Thomas Garcia cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <19960913152902187.AAA284@dns45.nettally.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 13 Sep 1996, Thomas Garcia wrote: > I want to remove FreeBSD from my WD1.2GB drive and use the entire disk for > DOS/WIN95. > I used FDISK to delete the partitions and create a new one. Booted with DOS > but it doesn't > recognize the disk now. Does it have something to do with the MBR? FORMAT > C: command > just waits a while then returns to the A: prompt. HELP!!! 1) Check FDISK again. Make sure there is one large Primary DOS partition on the disk. 2) Reboot using a DOS floppy with format, etc. on it. Then run "format c:" -- it should start up. If you want to get rid of the boot manager (if you installed it) then run: fdisk /mbr That will reset the mbr back to the default. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major