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List:       novalug
Subject:    Re: [ma-linux] Removing a Linux partition
From:       "Don E. Groves, Jr." <djr1952 () hotpop ! com>
Date:       2001-11-29 22:35:18
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On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Fred Atkinson wrote:

>     I'm trying to delete the Linux partition on my Linux drive (I have
> drive caddies one with Windows and the other for Red Hat.  I just swap
> them to switch between systems).
>
>     I want to reinstall Red Hat from scratch.  I've tried using my
> fdisk utility to delete the partition, but it doesn't recognize it
> as a DOS or non-DOS partition.  No matter which delete option I choose,
> it has a problem with it.
>
>     It told me under one option that I couldn't delete the partition
> until I deleted the logical drive.  When I tried to delete the logical
> drive, it said there wasn't one.
>
>     HELP.
>
>
>
>                                         Fred

Must be a version of M$-DOS fdisk.exe, hun?

One way to delete the partition is to BOOT into 'linux install'
 { boot it up however you are going to install Red Hat (floppy or CD) }
 and use 'diskdruid' or 'fdisk' from there to DELETE the partition.

Another way is:
 Boot a Rescue disk and use 'fdisk' from there and DELETE the partition.

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  Don E. Groves, Jr.

 Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers and
 cheating on your income tax.
                -- Mike Royko

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