[TriLUG] Boot Loaders and the like

[Roy Vestal]

I must disagree. I do it simply, fdisk /mbr to reset the mbr back to 
Windows. If you are running NT4 or 2000, you can use computer management 
to remove the linux partitions (it will be seen as a non-dos/windows 
partition). If not, reboot with the boot disk, run fdisk and delete the 
non-dos partitions. BE VERY CAREFUL.


HTH


Jim Ray wrote:

>DOS pukes hard on certain partitions.  I had better luck doing it from
>Linux and not even screwing with fdisk /mbr.
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>Ain't nothing like a clean, fresh partition.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jeremy Portzer [mailto:jeremyp at pobox.com]
>>Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 4:46 PM
>>To: trilug at trilug.org
>>Subject: RE: [TriLUG] Boot Loaders and the like
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>>On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 07:24, Jim Ray wrote:
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>>>You'll need to begin the RH8 installation again and remove
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>partitions
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>>>with fdisk.  That step will wipe your hard drive and let you load
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>the OS
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>>>of your choice.
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>>>In the DOS world, there's also the fdisk /mbr
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>>It should be clarified that fdisk /mbr only removes (overwrites) the
>>bootloader of the primary hard drive; it doesn't change any of the
>>partitions, and therefore doesn't uninstall anything (except the
>>bootloader
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