[TriLUG] beofre I go an rewrite my MBR, I got a question.

karl thiele karlthiele at nc.rr.com
Fri Aug 2 22:52:41 EDT 2002


Folks,

good news is that I now have own machine just for linux. bad news is 
that my old machine (now everyone in the family uses it) I need to 
remove my old linux installation, they need more space. it is a dual 
boot using lilo. think I have rh 7.2 (I run 7.3 else where). Is it a 
safe operation just to boot into win98 and run FDISK /MBR and presto no 
more boot into linux it goes straight to win98 I have installed. This a 
first, reclaimming a machine from dual boot to just MS box, I am always 
removing or just installing linux. Well some folks just have to have MS.

I just wanted to check with folks who have done this or have know folks 
who have sucessfully done this, if there are any probs. Can not go back 
once I fdisk. There is import stuff on the MS partitions/disk.

Thanks -




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