:) isn't it interesting how many people are sharing dos commands on a Linux list hehehe. On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 04:15:09PM -0600, Chris Peterson wrote: > After reading this same response, oh... quite a few times now, I have to > wonder if anyone reads their e-mail all the way through before responding to > it. That is, after all, good practice on a list. You read all of the > message posted to the list so the same thing doesn't get repeated ten times > over. Of course, I'll never forget fdisk /mbr now... > > Chris > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gregory Nowak" <gnowak1 at uic.edu> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 4:05 PM > Subject: Re: Unloading Linux > > > > When at a clean dos prompt, do the following without the quotes. > > "fdisk /mbr". Hth. > > Greg > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 09:46:54AM -0500, Rodney wrote: > > > Hi all. > > > > > > I was having trouble installing Slackware Linux on a computer so I tried > > > it on my development hard drive. I was going to reinstall Windows on it > > > anyway so I tested the Slackware install and all went well. But now I > > > have to remove Linux and reinstall Windows 98 SE. > > > > > > The problem is that even though I repartitioned the hard drive and > > > reformatted it with my windows startup disk, the LILO menu still > > > appears. > > > > > > I assume the menu is written on the boot sector of the hard drive and my > > > reformatting does not erase it. > > > > > > Can anyone tell me how to totally clear my hard drive so I can do a > > > fresh install of a different OS? > > > > > > Rodney > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
