[olug] fdisk problem

[Phil Brutsche]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...

> Is there a public domain or open source program anyone has run that
> will delete the extended partition from a Linux install?

Provided there's nothing on the hard drive to save use "dd" to nuke the
first 1 meg of the hard drive with a Linux rescue CD.

The Windows installer is notoriously braindead when it comes to previously
used hard drives.


Phil


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