Re: [newbie] IBM install from HELL !!!!

2003-02-21 Thread Marc Oestreicher
Thanks I will give it a try over the weekend. Marc On Thursday 20 February 2003 22:54, Harv Nelson wrote: Hi When I have encountered problems like this, one program that has helped me is a little utility called aefdisk. It is available from the usual sources or www.aefdisk.com

[newbie] IBM install from HELL !!!!

2003-02-20 Thread Marc Oestreicher
I have a older IBM model 300 PL type 6862-34u 400 MHZ P2 with windoze 95 installed here where mandrake refuses to install but for that matter so does windows 98 infact I can not run fdisk or format. I get some messages when I use a windoze boot disk or a mandrake boot disk that I have never

Re: [newbie] IBM install from HELL !!!!

2003-02-20 Thread Harv Nelson
Hi When I have encountered problems like this, one program that has helped me is a little utility called aefdisk. It is available from the usual sources or www.aefdisk.com I use it with: aefdisk /delall That blows away the mbr and writes a clean new one. If this works, anything that was