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Re: format the linux native hdd to dos format

Posted by eerttraw on 1999-06-19

You can delete any linux partition using dos fdisk, but it takes a lot of
work sometimes.  The problem is that, after fdisk thinks it's gone, it
abruptly notices that it's there again (assuming you had linux on the
extended partition).  The only solution is to create a dos partition the
size of the extended partition within it, and then delete that.  I know
because I have done this many times in the network I manage, where half the
systems are dual boot.


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