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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!nigel.msen.com!yale.edu!cmcl2!jpmgate!tcpg02!cae!cae From: cae@cae.ny.jpmorgan.com (Caleb Epstein) Subject: Re: HELP! I need to kill BSD! Message-ID: <1993Oct6.160701.20656@tcpg02.ny.jpmorgan.com> Sender: news@tcpg02.ny.jpmorgan.com (USENET News System) Organization: J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated References: <john.07lz@heights.demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 16:07:01 GMT Lines: 17 john@heights.demon.co.uk (John Shiali) wrote: | | I have a question for - how do I wipe the bootstrap from a PC that | has had BSD unix partially installed? I have tried using fdisk, which | doesn't work - it still tries to boot up even though the disk has been | formatted in DOS - help! If you have DOS 5.0 (or 6.x, I guess), use "fdisk /mbr" which will overwrite the Master Boot Record on your boot drive. From this point forward, your PC should boot DOS rather than BSD. Pity. | Mail me if possible, and thanks in advance... Hope this helps. -- [ cae@jpmorgan.com ][ Caleb Epstein ][ JP Morgan & Co. Incorporated ][ NY, NY ]