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by **Kurk Wils** » Wed, 23 Nov 1994 12:55:19

Due to disk space limitations I was forced to remove Linux from my home
PC [I still have it on my work PC where I have 2 disks :)] After re-partitioning
& re-formatting LILO still comes up ! Any ideas on eradicating it ?

by **Pastora** » Wed, 23 Nov 1994 14:08:18

: & re-formatting LILO still comes up ! Any ideas on eradicating it ?

Kurk, boot your pc up with clean dos and do this: fdisk /mbr
It's also documented in the FAQ.

Good luck,
Tony.

by **Michael Sawcz** » Thu, 24 Nov 1994 20:28:41

Quote:
>Due to disk space limitations I was forced to remove Linux from my home
>PC [I still have it on my work PC where I have 2 disks :)] After re-partitioning
>& re-formatting LILO still comes up ! Any ideas on eradicating it ?

I had to resort to a low level format of the drive. I KNOW there HAS to be a
better way, but at least the low level format works.

by **Thomas Quin** » Fri, 25 Nov 1994 02:44:49

Le Prostetnic Vogon Michael Sawczyn crit :

Quote:> >Due to disk space limitations I was forced to remove Linux from my home
> >PC [I still have it on my work PC where I have 2 disks :)] After re-partitioning
> >& re-formatting LILO still comes up ! Any ideas on eradicating it ?
> I had to resort to a low level format of the drive. I KNOW there HAS to be a
> better way, but at least the low level format works.

'fdisk /mbr' from a MsDog prompt is the One and Only solution.

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by **Nicola Pedroz** » Thu, 24 Nov 1994 23:39:24

|>
|> I had to resort to a low level format of the drive. I KNOW there HAS to be a
|> better way, but at least the low level format works.
|>

Good job Michael,
This really shows that people don't like to read any kind of documentation.

This question appears at least twice a day and is covered... I think in every
linux FAQ sheet.

Sorry Michael, you just threw away a couple of your hours:

fdisk /mbr (in DOS) would have done it in some... cents of second!

BTW, good linuxing to everybody
Ciao Nicky
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by **Fredrik Lindgr** » Fri, 02 Dec 1994 08:21:11

: >
: >Due to disk space limitations I was forced to remove Linux from my home
: >PC [I still have it on my work PC where I have 2 disks :)]
: >After re-partitioning
: >& re-formatting LILO still comes up ! Any ideas on eradicating it ?
: >

: I had to resort to a low level format of the drive. I KNOW there HAS to be
: a better way, but at least the low level format works.

Just do a "fdisk /mbr" from good 'ol dos, this writes a new Master Boot Record.

Hope this helps!

Regards,
Fredrik Lindgren

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