[techtalk] Parition help

Eric Richard Turner turnere at cc.wwu.edu
Thu Jan 11 23:36:08 EST 2001


On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Kath wrote:

> Ok, my friend installed Red Hat 6.2 and has decided she hates linux.  
> Oh well.  Lets not lecture her on Linux vs. Windows.
> 
> What is the easiest way for her to delete her linux partition and
> create a FAT32 one so she can reinstall Windows?  cfdisk?  fdisk?
> 
> - Kath
> 

If she installed LILO and installed it in the master boot record, she will
need to run the MS DOS/Windows version of fdisk to recover that by issuing
the command:

   fdisk /MBR

Eric


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