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From: daemon@bigfoot.first.gmd.de (daemon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: HELP --- convert a 386bsd partition back to DOS partition
Message-ID: <3378@bigfoot.first.gmd.de>
Date: 30 Apr 93 10:21:36 GMT
References: <1993Apr29.175309.6284@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: GMD-FIRST
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In article <1993Apr29.175309.6284@leland.Stanford.EDU> richard@ajax.Stanford.EDU (Richard Schiek) writes:
>
>I've spent a few days trying to get 386bsd working on my system, and
>have decided to convert it back to DOS :-(.  I had let 386bsd use my
>entire (100Mb) c: drive.  Now if use DOS to make a new primary dos

If you are using MS-DOS 5.0, you must use the command "fdisk /mbr"
to write a new so called "master boot record" on the drive.
I don't know in the moment, if this wipes out the partition, so
better look first with "fdisk" on your partition table and
save the numbers on paper, do the "fdisk /mbr" and if has
wiped out the partition table, create it new with the saved
numbers.