you dont have to delete and recreate the partition to remove grub. Fdisk /MBR merely recreates MBR, thereby removing grub in the process.
But if you need to delete the partitions, then grub is removed as well. On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Patrick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > If I delete and recreate all the partitions on the disk will > it remove the GRUB info. There's not too much data on it right > now. I think that's what you're recommending. I think you have > to delete all the partitions to completely remove the old MBR > and start a new one. > > > Thanks for the response. > > patrick013 > > > > On Jul 31, 8:49 pm, hard wyrd <[email protected]> wrote: > > It rewrites the mbr, in essence removing grub. You'll need a DOS bootdisk > > though with Fdisk on it. > > > > If you dont have data on that hard drive yet, you can actually use the > > Ubuntu live cd, run gparted and delete and recreate the partition, or > > reformat the partition as fat32 or ntfs. > > > > Here's a Novell (sorry anti-Novell peeps) writeup about it. > http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/qna/1742.html > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Patrick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > What exactly does fdisk /mbr do ? Erase the MBR or > > > replace it ? What should I expect it to do ? > > > > > Thanks for the response. > > > > > patrick013 > > > > > On Jul 29, 8:37 pm, hard wyrd <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > fdisk /mbr > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 2:04 AM, Patrick <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > How do you remove the Grub or Lilo bootloader from an external hard > > > > > drive ? > > > > > > > I have deleted the LINUX directory and reformatted several > partitions, > > > > > but my > > > > > WindowsPE program will not boot after reformatting this partition > too > > > > > and reinstalling > > > > > it. > > > > > > > WindowsPE refused to boot after Grub got on here. Do I need to > > > > > repartition > > > > > everything, reformat everything, or something else ? A Lili > LiveCD > > > > > distro > > > > > however, does boot up if that partition is active and the WindowsPE > > > > > partition > > > > > refuses to when booted active. > > > > > > > Beginners mistake on my part no doubt. > > > > > > > Thanks for your response. > > > > > > > Patrick013 > > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux > Users > > > > > Group. > > > > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > > > > To unsubscribe, send email to > > > [email protected] > > > > > For more options, visit our group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > > > > -- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > "Penguin, penguin, and more penguin !" > > > > > >www.madforubuntu.com > > > > baudizm.blogsome.com- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > > Group. > > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > > > For more options, visit our group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Penguin, penguin, and more penguin !" > > > > www.madforubuntu.com > > baudizm.blogsome.com- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > -- ------------------------------------------------------------- "Penguin, penguin, and more penguin !" www.madforubuntu.com baudizm.blogsome.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
