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I did an install of Red Hat at one point, and now I just want it gone.

Using FDISK to blow away the partitions though doesn't seem to do the
trick. The LILO boot still comes up. If I disconnect the drive and put
another one there even, then the machine just keeps asking me to reboot
over and over.

How do I get rid of Linux in the boot sector (I guess that's where it
is) once and for all?

thanks,
-mike

boot from a floppy and launch "fdisk /mbr"

DOS/Win fdisk has undocumented option. It re-writes boot sector... But it I
can't remember the option (like I wanted to remove linux, heh...).

If somebody does, I would like to know it too...

It's hidden right under your nose, in the reply you just typed.  Look:

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Later,
-jason

(to reply via email, make the appropriate substitution in my email address)

Reload the partition information you saved on your fips floppy disk

Use fdisk /mbr.  That will rewrite your Master Boot Record with the old
DOS one.  You can also install Win9x, which rewrites the boot record for
you without asking.

    -- Alma

you have to call microsoft support for that one...
-ckm

No offense is meant here...but if you had read the posting you were
replying to, you woiuld have noticed "fdisk /mbr" which is the DOS/Win
fdisk undocumented option of which you speak.
It works great for removing LiLo, but you will still have problems
removing the Non-DOS partition.

Good Luck,
Fred

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Nah, Microsoft can't help --- obviously, if they knew how to make linux go
away, it would be gone......

:-)

Hi:

If you can get someone to make the WINNT4.0 three floppy disc set, you
can start to install NT. You will get to a screen that asks want
partition you want to install on and do you want to delete any
partitions. At this point I delete the Linux as well as any other
partitions, save this and quit. Or you might just try using NT to do a
16Bit FAT fdisk and format.

PAY

LILO is installed in the Master Boot Record of your disk, so you have to
replace it with another OS loader if you want your disk to be able to boot.
 If you want to use Win95 or 98, just install it again over your old
installation, and it will replace LILO.

Quote:>I did an install of Red Hat at one point, and now I just want it gone.

>Using FDISK to blow away the partitions though doesn't seem to do the
>trick. The LILO boot still comes up. If I disconnect the drive and put
>another one there even, then the machine just keeps asking me to reboot
>over and over.

>How do I get rid of Linux in the boot sector (I guess that's where it
>is) once and for all?

>thanks,
>-mike

Quote:>How do I get rid of Linux in the boot sector (I guess that's where it
>is) once and for all?

/sbin/lilo -u

should it do also.

Johannes

Boot your MSDOS/WIN95/WIN98 disk

Type FDISK /MBR

MBR is Master Boot Record. The command will place the DOS boot image rather
than Linux.

Regards,
Robert

Quote:> I did an install of Red Hat at one point, and now I just want it gone.

> Using FDISK to blow away the partitions though doesn't seem to do the
> trick. The LILO boot still comes up. If I disconnect the drive and put
> another one there even, then the machine just keeps asking me to reboot
> over and over.

> How do I get rid of Linux in the boot sector (I guess that's where it
> is) once and for all?

> thanks,
> -mike

under dos fdisk /mbr
Anthony

type "fdisk /mbr"  will clear your boot sector.

LS

Quote:> I did an install of Red Hat at one point, and now I just want it gone.

> Using FDISK to blow away the partitions though doesn't seem to do the
> trick. The LILO boot still comes up. If I disconnect the drive and put
> another one there even, then the machine just keeps asking me to reboot
> over and over.

> How do I get rid of Linux in the boot sector (I guess that's where it
> is) once and for all?

> thanks,
> -mike