Unloading Linux

[Mitchell]

:) 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
> > >
> > >
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