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>
> I did do the uninstall. It got rid of partitions and all, but it didn't get
> rid of the boot option.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Manny Styles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 7:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] install problems
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 6:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] install problems
> >
> >
> > > Ok, I took your advise and installed it from scratch as opposed to 4win.
> > > Works fine with one major exception. The only way I can boot into is to
> > use
> > > a boot disk. I never have gotten the lilo prompt to set up my
> preferences.
> > I
> > > still have the option for choosing OS after the BIOS check, but it's the
> > > same one from the 4win I tried to install and if I select linux it still
> > > boots up windows. To make things worse, when I use the boot disk it
> takes
> > > almost 10 minutes to load up, which I know isn't right. Any thoughts on
> > > this? Once again, thanks in advance.
> > >
> > >
> > Did you read the readme.txt file in your linux4win folder (it may be
> > Mandrake folder)? It tells you how to uninstall it, and it is very
> simple.
> > That way, you regain your harddisk space and get rid of the linux boot
> > option.
> >
> > Manny Styles
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > ---
> > Alex, I'll take 'Things Only I Know' for $200
> >
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linux4win does something with the config.sys file,or the msdos.sys, I
can't remember exactly which one it is,but if you start looking at
thoem,you'll find it. It also leaves another file in the root directory
that is a renamed copy of the one that it replaces/creates. find out
which one,with notepad,and rename the linux file to the apropriate
one,copy the other one to a temp dir if you aren't 100% sure it's the
right one.
(make a boot floppy just in case)
merc
