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Re: [Plug] lilo error Please help
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If LILO was installed on the Master Boot Record of
the drive, then -- From DOS - when you install from
scratch - do "fdisk /MBR" - this will re-write the master
boot record and remove LILO.
Dave E.
dedwards@technologist.com
> "Sulfare.Jim.DMM" wrote:
> > Problem:
> > I deleted the Linux partitions, formatted the system to do a clean install but
> > when I reboot the system, LILO started to load and is getting hung half way
> thru
> > the boot process, even after I deleted Linux from the drive. Am I not
> deleting
> > something from the HardDrive or resetting something?
>
> My guess is that whatever formatting software you used didn't wipe out
> the master boot record (MBR). You might want to go in with DOS FDISK
> and mark the partition as unbootable and see if that fixes it.
>
> -- Tracy Nelson
>
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