On 9 Nov 1998, W. Paul Mills wrote:
> Anthony Landreneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Greetings, > > Have an old machine I am looking to load up with Debian, problem is the > > original DOS drive had Ontrack's Dymanic Drive Overlay installed on it. I > > do not have the original Ontrack disk. Tried re-partioning the disk with > > Linux's fdisk, no luck, the evil overlay continues. Your thoughts on this > > matter would be appriciated... > > I would try a couple of thing. Try a dos fdisk. Call Ontrack and ask > for an upgrade. I did this a year or so ago for a client that had > lost their original disk. Cost was about $25.00 (US) plus shipping. > > Try (800) 752-1333. I'm not positive, but I believe the DOS command fdisk /mbr might get rid if the overlay. This wipes the master boot record, which I believe is where the overlay lays (or is it "lies"?). I think Linux can use the drive just fine without the overlay.
