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03-01-04, 02:24 AM
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Some linux help please?!?!
Hey! I installed linux on a 760el laptop.. well i decited to remove linux and install win98.. well I formatted the drive with winxp, but there is still a hidden boot partition for linux on the drive i cannot seem to remove, I have tried using the linux fDisk program to remove the partition.. i just told it to remove partitions 1-4.. and so I am trying to setup win98 but.. right when i get into the graphical win98setup it will give me a message saying
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Message SU0013
Setup cannot create files on your startup drive and connot set up windows 98.
If you have HPFS or NTFS, you must create an MS-DOS boot partition. If you have LANtastic server or SoerStor compression, dissable it bofore running setup. See Setup.txt on Setup disk 1 or the windows 98 CD.
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Well I have the drive formatted as FAT32 with 4.4gb free space.. :crooked:
how do I get rid of this linux boot partition??! I love this site! :D
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03-01-04, 08:23 AM
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I would try a Windows 98 Start up disk, load that up, run fdisk and kill all partitions with that and start again.
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03-01-04, 09:37 AM
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Tried :D fDisk does not find the partition
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PC ( Linux ) and Apple user- Windows repairer... lol
--Apple machines--
Apple Powerbook G4 1.5ghz 12" w/dvd burner, gforce5200 64mb, dvi, 1gb ram... just gotta wait till christmas!
-- Mac Mini-1gb DDR ram-1.42ghz-ATI 9200 graphics( runs unreal 2004 perfect) M-Audio USB 7.1 External Sound -80gb
--G3 PowerMac Server--
450Mhz 1mb Cache G3 PowerPC
80 + 30 GB HD's 1GB Ram
--Linux Box.... PII 233Mhz 6gb
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03-01-04, 03:07 PM
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Can you start up linux?
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03-01-04, 11:29 PM
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I formatted the drive:crooked: but that one partition.. still stays
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PC ( Linux ) and Apple user- Windows repairer... lol
--Apple machines--
Apple Powerbook G4 1.5ghz 12" w/dvd burner, gforce5200 64mb, dvi, 1gb ram... just gotta wait till christmas!
-- Mac Mini-1gb DDR ram-1.42ghz-ATI 9200 graphics( runs unreal 2004 perfect) M-Audio USB 7.1 External Sound -80gb
--G3 PowerMac Server--
450Mhz 1mb Cache G3 PowerPC
80 + 30 GB HD's 1GB Ram
--Linux Box.... PII 233Mhz 6gb
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03-02-04, 04:38 AM
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Go to http://www.microstorage.com/Harddriv...20Life%20Guard and download either wipe or zap and give one of them a shot. After using them (I've never used them though sorry) I would assume you'd then just run fdisk again and make your partitions, format, and try again. :)
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03-08-04, 11:57 AM
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You can just rewrite the bootsector with:
fdisk /MBR
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10-17-06, 04:53 PM
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I had that problem too. I used low level format to get it off:)
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10-17-06, 05:03 PM
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Look for gparted, a Linux-based partition tool.
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10-17-06, 05:05 PM
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try zeroing out the drive, also called low level formatting.
that is GARENTIEED to get rid of that partioon.... and everyhting else on the disk...
chris
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