debian netinstall problem

**jim123425** · 10-31-2006

hi i downloaded the debian netinstall iso and burned it on a cd and installed it now there are problems with my ehternet card so he didn´t collect any packages from the net so i had a minimun installed debian and i couldn´t get rid of it now i tried DSlinux that worked but i thaught that he should format debain but he didn´t so now i have debian installed wwhere i can´t reach from DSlinux so how do i now format or uninstall debian????

**mahlerfan** · 11-01-2006

I can't believe that's one sentence!

The first two methods are how to allow windows to use your linux partitions, and the third method is an easy way to clean up--

Okay are you dual booting with windows and debian? I suggest using the windows installer-- you can have it reformat the partition debian is sitting in as ntfs. And then you can just use that partition as a data partition, which will automatically be visible by windows and mounted. I think it can also delete and merge those partitions for you, you probably have at least two partitions right-- root and swap?

If you don't have windows installer but you have a linux rescue disc, in the form of a live cd or installer... then you can use fdisk to delete the linux partitions and then you can use mkdosfs to reformat the partition for windows to see and use.

The third option I think Windows XP actually allows you to roll back partitions. I think I remember doing that once, under system restore. So restore an earlier point before you installed linux and you're good to go.

Now you might also have a problem-- grub is still there, right? Windows can fix the mbr for you, I believe the command is fixmbr?

And now the easy way
Backup all that you cherish and use your rescue cd.

**mahlerfan** · 11-01-2006

Okay now that's taken care of...

If you want to recover the use of the debian partition, and use that linux distro (I haven't heard of it before) which you already have installed go

fdisk -l /dev/hda

to see what your partition table looks like. One of them should be your debian partition. For this example let's just say that it's /dev/hda6. Then you can reformat it with

mke2fs -j /dev/hda6 which will reformat it with the ext3 file system. You can then mount it and use it for data storage or whatever by going

mkdir /mnt/foo
mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/foo

Then you can use that partition for storage. If you edit your /etc/fstab file you can have the partition automounted for you.

**jim123425** · 11-01-2006

Originally Posted by mahlerfan

Okay now that's taken care of...

If you want to recover the use of the debian partition, and use that linux distro (I haven't heard of it before) which you already have installed go

fdisk -l /dev/hda

to see what your partition table looks like. One of them should be your debian partition. For this example let's just say that it's /dev/hda6. Then you can reformat it with

mke2fs -j /dev/hda6 which will reformat it with the ext3 file system. You can then mount it and use it for data storage or whatever by going

mkdir /mnt/foo
mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/foo

Then you can use that partition for storage. If you edit your /etc/fstab file you can have the partition automounted for you.

thnx this really helpt me but how can i make my C: a fat32 with a bootable floppy (win9

???????????/

**mahlerfan** · 11-01-2006

Originally Posted by jim123425

thnx this really helpt me but how can i make my C: a fat32 with a bootable floppy (win9

???????????/

You're welcome. You can format as fat32 by going

mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/hda6 for the example I gave.

That's what I did and I use that partition for data for both windows and linux.

**jim123425** · 11-02-2006

Originally Posted by mahlerfan

You're welcome. You can format as fat32 by going

mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/hda6 for the example I gave.

That's what I did and I use that partition for data for both windows and linux.

so for C: it should be:

Code:

mkdosfs -F 32 C:

correct me if i´m wrong

**mahlerfan** · 11-02-2006

Originally Posted by jim123425

so for C: it should be:

Code:

mkdosfs -F 32 C:

correct me if i´m wrong

Uh no this is assuming that you are using linux. I guess I assumed that you wanted a partition that was read and writeable by both linux and windows. If you want to install windows to a partition, just choose the partition that you want to install windows in when it asks and it will reformat it for you and install windows to that partition. It was also overwrite grub, so keep that in mind, you'll have to bust out a linux cd to boot into your linux and rerun grub-install.

**jim123425** · 11-02-2006

weel for my windows that thing wont go cause it doesn´t install it cause it ain´t fat 32 so how do i change that in ms dos prompt of a win98 boot floppy??? or are there programs i can download that are bootable so they also work without a OS?????????/

**mahlerfan** · 11-02-2006

Win98 huh? Well did you try reformatting your partition of choice using the mkdosfs command?

**jim123425** · 11-02-2006

Originally Posted by mahlerfan

Win98 huh? Well did you try reformatting your partition of choice using the mkdosfs command?

yep when i tried it under A:\> it said bad command or filename
when i tried it under C:\> it said invalid media type trying to read C:
abort retry fail

so what to do

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