Re: the uninstall approach...

[Tom Pfeifer <mailmisc@snet.net>]

DOS/Win9X fdisk can not delete non-DOS partitions (such as Linux
partitions) when they are inside an extended partition, and will then
also refuse to delete the extended partition itself in that case.

If you still have a Linux boot floppy around with Linux fdisk or cfdisk
on it, that will do it. Otherwise you need another partitioning program
to clear the partition table. Here's a pretty good DOS-based one called
Ranish Partition Manager:

http://www.users.intercom.com/~ranish/part/

Tom

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