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Hi, I currently have a system running Redhat 9. Everything runs perfectly, but i want to remove redhat, then install windows, then reinstall redhat in a dual boot scenario.
I have followed many tutorials (even the one on the Microsoft website which "suprisingly" was the least help)
It told me to load up linux with the Linux setup floppy disk (which i assume is the boot disk i made when installing Redhat)
It then says type "fdisk" at the command prompt
I DON'T HAVE A COMMAND PROMPT! (from what i can see)
If you are just trying to wipe everything then you should just be able to load windows and set up the partitions there. if it is an older windows os like win98 or win95 then you need to use the windows boot floppy to boot to a dos prompt then use "fdisk" to remove all partitions then add a partition for windows, reboot and format it using "format C:". Then install windows and after that you can install linux.
it will screw up your boot loader , so you will have to reinstall your bootloader after the install....
keep your linux bootdisk or the install cd1 ready .....
(if you reinstall the boot loader then you wont have to install rh9 ,
ofcourse if you are sure abt what you do , go ahead )
Not automatically - you ned to point it at the drive that you want to manage the partitions of - eg:
fdisk /dev/hda
Then once fdisk has loaded press "d" then enter the partition number you want to delete - it will tell you how many partitions are there - do this for each one then hit "w" to write the partition table to disk.
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