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no fdisk in Xp?
Name: hilbert Date: June 9, 2002 at 16:32:53 Pacific
Comment:
Hi there
My question arises in my dual boot ( mandrake8.2 and Window XP). Dual-boot setup works fine with me.
However, it starts up with lilo bootloader. I tried to use Xp bootloader instead (surely, I copied bootsect.lin to c:\ and modified boot.ini in Xp). I thought I need to use fdisk /mbr to clean up MBR. But I found there is no fdisk in my window XP? How come? I tried to download fdisk, but it seems to me that the version is not suitable for mine.
I wonder if there is no fdisk in XP or how can I finf fdisk for Xp? Thanks
There is no FDISK in XP. That is a DOS utility. You have to use the LILO boot loader to dual boot with XP and Linux anyway, since XP's boot loader doesn't support Linux.
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Response Number 2
Name: Squiff Date: June 9, 2002 at 17:01:08 Pacific
Reply:
You could always download MSDOS from www.bootdisk.com
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