From: fish@ecst.csuchico.edu (Kevin Haddock) Subject: Re: i want lilo dead and buried Date: 6 Jul 1993 01:33:18 GMT
In article <211tl7$j5r@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> jhh@scss3.cl.msu.edu.noname writes:
> [in response to nuke lilo request]
>>I read the FAQ for you :-) : run Dos' fdisk /MBR !
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>We tried fdisk /mbr with dos 5.0 ( dos typically isn't case sensitive ) and this did not work. We finally ran setup ( or whatever ) from the msdos 5.0 distribution disks and did a new install. This did the trick. Much better than a low lever format -which is not recommended ( and hard to find software to do ) on an ide drive.
>
>If anybody knows of another way, pass it along.
>
>Thanks, John Hayes
A friend of mine had this problem with dos 5 also. He said a sys (or is it
system?) did the trick. Excuse my lack of knowledge about the specifics
of dos. It is like a (thankfully) fading nightmare!
-Kevin
fish@cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu
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