[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- Patrick Ouellette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Ok, so I have an imperfect ability to type. Thanks for posting the correct line.
boot into linux (a rescue CD / Knoppix, however) as root try
# dd -if =/dev/zerol -of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=10
You're making up command options, as well as devices now?
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=10
*BUT* even then, that is poor poor poor advice, and superfluous to thePoor advice or not, it is not superfluous to what was asked. The original poster was having trouble
question being asked.
with the boot record. The original poster mentioned trying to install Windows on disks previously used
for Linux. I have had similar problems, and blanking the boot sector area of the device has allowed
Windows to install properly when it previously would not.
Lighten up, you made your point. I didn't see any great wisdom in you post pointing to the lost lilo
This will totally blank the first 5K of space on the drive. The "leftovers" from
the linux boot loader sometimes confuse Windows' installer.
No the way you originally wrote it, alas.
link. The requested action was to get the system to boot to an OS. Additional information in the
post strongly suggests the poster wanted that OS to be Windows. While you can boot Windows
from lilo, if all you want is Windows using lilo as your boot loader will unnecessarily complicate
things.
Pat
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