>Subject: Re: What is 'command' to reformat partition for MS DOS
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>Johnny:
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>>I plan to remove a harddrive from my linux box and move it
>>to an old Win95 box.
>>I understand that I need to
>>a: run fdisk [ inlinux] and change format to DOS.
>
>Why? Just remove all active partitions.
>
>>b: I need to reformat the disk [ using Linux ]
>> BUT... I don't know what command to use.
>
>Nope, no need to do.
>
>>c: after moving to the DOS/ Win95 box I need to
>> fdisk it [using MS DOS] and reformat it in MS DOS.
>
>Yep. I think you can even skip part a) and use MessyDOS fdisk to delete
>the active partitions and redo them as DOS partitions.
>
No, you can't skip part a). Microsoft fdisk can't even see
Linux partitions, so it probably can't remove them either! But the
other fellow who said just use Linux fdisk to _remove_ all partitions
had it right. Then use the MS tools to repartition and format.
Good luck. --doug
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