[Plug] RE: LILO Fixed, tnkU

["Sulfare.Jim.DMM"<jsulfare@harte-hanks.com>]

that did it thanks

-jimS

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Subject:    Re: [Plug] lilo error Please help 
Author: <plug@lists.nothinbut.net>
Date:       9/8/99 5:28 PM

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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