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RE: [PLUG] Uninstalling Linux
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lilo -u uninstalls lilo and reverts to the previously installed MBR (at
least in theory it does that - my experience would suggest otherwise). More
likly, you will need to run, from a dos prompt, fdisk /mbr to 'restore' the
mbr and make only the first dos partition bootable. From here, you can
easily delete the linux parition and reformat it to be something more
windows friendly (fat16/fat32).
One other way to handle this is to set lilo to auto boot windows after 0
seconds and take linux off the boot menu (you are going to delete it
anyway).
>From here, lilo just boots windows only. It takes out one step where you
could really mess stuff up.
just my ideas
-brad
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-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
[mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of Lawrence Goodman
Sent: Monday, 9 September 2002 12:07 PM
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: [PLUG] Uninstalling Linux
A newbie asks:
I need to uninstall linux from my computer. I have windows 98 running on
one partition, caldera openlinux 2.4 on the other. I created these
partitions using Partition Magic.
I went to Caldera's website for instructions and was told to "root run
lilo -u." Frankly, I am not sure how to do that since I went to the
terminal typed "run lilo -u" and was told there was no run command.
Also, what do I do after run lilo -u. Can I use Partition Magic to then
erase the Linux partition entirely. Do I have to rewrite the boot loader
in anyway?
My goal is NOT to have to erase the Windows partition.
Thanks so much for your help and this website!
Lawrence Goodman
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