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Joppo
12-07-2002, 06:29 PM
Hey i'm wiping linux totally off this comp (i'm gonna install on a whole new one - just to let you know i haven't given up with linux = ) ). I have 1 hard drive 20 gigs Fat32 (win98) and one hard drive 8 gigs for red hat 8. goal is to kill the 8gig hard drive and make it more free space for windows.
btw i tried doing this myself and failed COMPLETELY.. infact it was a miracle that i got windows back.
Anyway.. windows fdisk doesn't recognize any other partitions and linux fdisk (through install) wont kill itself without reinstalling. I also want lilo gone (unless it requires alot of work having me the huge newbie figure out how to make a copy of the bootrecord).
Instructions for booting into rescue mode from your RH 8.0 install disks can be found here (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/s1-rescuemode-boot.html). You should be able to run fdisk from there to delete the Linux partition. As far as wiping lilo from your MBR and restoring the Windows bootrecord, you can use the Windows version of fdisk to do that; open a DOS box and type:
fdisk /MBR
This won't do anything to your partitions; it will only restore the Windows boot record on the MBR.
Joppo
12-11-2002, 04:39 PM
ok thanks a lot. How do i set the new empty partition as a win 98 one though (once its unused)
JohnT
12-11-2002, 04:50 PM
With fdisk.
Joppo
12-11-2002, 05:32 PM
when selecting add a partition in windows fdisk it says there is no room for one ..but on linux fdisk i just deleted it. Hdb is completely unused
??
When you ask Windows' fdisk to display partition information, does it show anything at all for the second drive? If it shows some sort of partition there, run Windows' format program and see if it will let you format the partition as FAT32.
If that doesn't work, go back into rescue mode from your Redhat CD and run Linux's fdisk again- see what information it lists for hdb.
JohnT
12-11-2002, 07:29 PM
Your XP or 2K cd should detect the unused porttion.
BTW, what is the mfg. of your HD?
Joppo
12-11-2002, 07:43 PM
ahhh figured it out and got it working. Didn't know what "select current fixed disk" meant in fdisk so i didn't play with it so i feel pretty dumb. So created another primary dos partition and formatted and i'm good to go.. thanks for the patience with me =)
JohnT
12-11-2002, 07:51 PM
If it ain't broke, break it , fix it and learn.:D