Re: the uninstall approach...
its reccomended you use the linux fdisk to work with linux
partitions.. but you can still do it with dos fdisk .. make sure to delete
any logical drives before deleting the extended partition.
if possible, use partition magic...makes life easier :)
nate
On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, pplaw wrote:
pplaw >debs,
pplaw >
pplaw >i've been using a few boxes at work for learning and using
pplaw >dlinux. before i roll out a new box (for myself), i need to
pplaw >make the ones i had been using 100% windoze--or in other words, i
pplaw >need to free-up the part of the hard drives linux was using.
pplaw >with the rescue disk, i already deleted the linux
pplaw >partition/data; but after i formatted c:\, i still get a
pplaw >extended partition that fdisk cannot delete. (example: in one
pplaw >of the boxes, i have a 2.5gb hard drive. i used 2gb for hda1 and
pplaw >swap, leaving .5gb for windoze. after reformatting, i still only
pplaw >show c:\ as being .5gb, instead of 2.5gb. i need c:\ to see the
pplaw >other 2gb.)
pplaw >
pplaw >so what's the proper way to uninstall debian linux?
pplaw >
pplaw >(the sooner i figure this out, the sooner i can _install_ slink
pplaw >in the new box.)
pplaw >
pplaw >ia, t.
pplaw >
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pplaw >
pplaw >
pplaw >
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