fdisk will only show Linux partitions as non-DOS (if at all). You would hit #4 "Show drives" ( or similar). May show other disk, maybe. You can wipe disk (or partition) using "delete non-DOS drive".
On question 2, did you put MBR on the head of HDA1 (default)? If not, you may not be able to dual-boot. You would need to boot from floppy or cd to find Ubuntu. Hope this helps. chuck
Dell 800mhz 133 fsb Windows ME/Suse9.3
1st hard drive wd 20gb 2 hd seagate 80gb
Install seagate hd as 1 partition and formatted assigned "d" all drives recognized and operational
Loaded Ubuntu Hoary Hedge to 2nd hard drive and manually allocated 10gb plus swap file
The program completed install and I was able to boot from hd drive to Ubuntu.
Booted Suse9.3/yast/system/bootloaderconfiguration/reset/propose and merge with existing grub menu
Boot to grub default set for Suse 9.3 rebooted Suse 9.3 set boot manager for Windows default
Back to window ME everthing ok
Tried to boot UBUNTU got error message file did not exist
Checked boot screen seagate drive no longer found checked explorer no "D" drive
Checked connections to seagate drive all seated properly
Tried fdisk and cannot any longer find 2nd drive to delete or partition
need help
Ray

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