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you need to run an fdisk with the /mbr switch. i.e. from a bootable floppy with fdisk on it run fdisk /mbr This will format the Master boot record where Lilo lives and enable you to have a clean start. At that point I would just go ahead with the linux install. Good luck Doug Weber ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Whitman" <michaelw@palawnet.com> To: <plug@lists.nothinbut.net> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 1:56 PM Subject: [PLUG] reformatting a disk > What should i use to totally reformat a hard disk on which i have installed > LILO and RH linux. I tried to use DOS fdisk on a bootable floppy, but it > didn't seem to be able to do anything with the linux partitions. I tried > to install NT 4 ... and upon reboot it just hangs with a cursor and 'LI' > (LILO remains?). My goal here is to totally purge the hard drive and do a > fresh install of linux, and i would like to do it from a bootable > floppy. The RH install program doesn't seem to give me the option to do a > total reformat. > > > Michael P. Whitman > Programmer > LAW.com > > > > mailto:michaelw@palawnet.com > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://plug.nothinbut.net > Announcements - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug > ______________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://plug.nothinbut.net Announcements - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug