Dharam:
Been there, done that. It sounds like LILO was installed so that you could
load either Linux or Windows. LILO changes your master boot record. The fix
is to boot from your Windows floppy, and enter FDISK /MBR. It worked for
me...
-- Carroll Grigsby

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dharam Bhardwaj" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 5:24 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Boot failure


> I am trying to load DOS on a 1gig hard drive which previously had linux
> on it.
> When I attempt to boot after formatting, using the /s option, the
> machine hangs right after verifying dmi pool data. It displays 'LI' and
> that's it.
> I deleted existing partition using fdisk (DOS) prior to formatting.
> Is the boot sector messed up?
> Is recovery possible using DOS fdisk or not?
> I no longer have the original linux root/boot disks otherwise I would
> have tried the linux version of fdisk.
>
> Regards,
> Dharam

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