no rom basic

From: jpero_at_cgocable.net <(jpero_at_cgocable.net)>
Date: Mon Feb 8 21:50:03 1999

Date sent: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 19:25:45 -0800
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From: "F. Paul Passmore III" <fpp_at_concentric.net>
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Subject: RE: no rom basic
Originally to: "'classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu'" <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>

> Just going from my experience. I recently installed Linux on a 1.2gb IDE
> drive. Then I fdisk-ed and removed all partitions. Then formatted and got
> same NO ROM BASIC. This is the drive I used the low level format on and it
> has been working great with no problems since.

Hi Paul,

Have you done that?

fdisk /mbr

You done exactly right on everything except LLF which is big NO
No on modern drives, potientially losing it!

And I did not reach for LLF stuff when I converted back from linux to
any OSes on *ANY* hard drives.

Jason D.
Received on Mon Feb 08 1999 - 21:50:03 GMT