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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!caen!destroyer!news.itd.umich.edu!nosegoblin.css.itd.umich.edu!pauls From: pauls@css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Help needed to remove 386bsd off of a 386 Date: 30 Nov 1992 21:19:17 GMT Organization: University of Michigan ITD Consulting and Support Services Lines: 26 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1fe0glINN6bp@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu> References: <3506@carroll1.cc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu Keywords: Won't work with just a high level foramt Originator: news@stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu In article <3506@carroll1.cc.edu> sander@carroll1.cc.edu (Scott Anderson) writes: >I recently decided to move 386bsd to a better machine and as part of the >deal, I have to put MS-DOS back on the machine. I've tried the docs >exactly and then complete formats of the hard drive etc, all to no avail, >I keep getting an error message saying the it is upset that it can't find >386bsd at boot time and that continues in an infinite loop. I thought >maybe I'd try a low level format, but my manual says "Low level formats >should only be done by qualified personell." :) If you have an IDE drive then a low-level is a last resort to resurrect a trashed drive. I wouldn't advise it unless you know what you're doing. If you do not have an IDE drive, then you can probably low level it with relative impunity. However, if you haven't tried to do "FDISK /MBR" to nuke the boot record, I suggest you try that first. (That is, do FDISK /MBR in DOS, not 386BSD and it will write you a new boot record for DOS.) Paul Southworth | ftp ftp.css.itd.umich.edu (Not speaking for) | Political Archives in /poli Information Technology Division | Writable incoming directory on: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | redspread.css.itd.umich.edu <Representing myself. Everything I say is for educational use only.>