Edison
fdisk/mbr is the command to use. This will work on Win95 and 98 systems,
I don't know about NT but it Will Not work for Win2000.
Boot from your Win Start-up disk and enter fdisk/MBR at the prompt.
Charles 5/30/2000 4:30pm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edison Gica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 2:52 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Help!!
> Hi Charles:
>
> It's all right. Programs works in a peculiar way on each computer.
>
> uhh...someone said format /mbr or i should use fdisk/MBR? So once I do
> either (the correct one) of these it will overwrite Lilo and windows will
> still be working normally?
>
> regards,
> edison
>
>
> >From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "Edison Gica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: [newbie] Help!!
> >Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 09:27:18 -0400
> >
> >Edison
> > I am sorry you encountered the problems you did. The advise I gave
you
> >worked on my system with no problems.
> > I am also sorry that this response dosn't seem timely but if you
check
> >the time on the list your message did not get posted until 9:45 PM.
> > Here are 2 ways you can remove LILO. Run fdisk/MBR or you can
reinstall
> >Windows95and or 98, it won't work with Win2000, they will automaticly
> >overwrite LILO.
> > Once again I am sorry that my advise caused you problems.
> >
> > Charles 5/30/2000 9:30am
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Edison Gica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 11:45 AM
> >Subject: [newbie] Help!!
> >
> >
> > > I need help guys!
> > >
> > > I installed LM 7.0 in my 2nd HD under the 'Recommended' The first
thing
> >that
> > > came up in setup filesystems was:
> > >
> > > "I can't read your partition table, it's too corrupted for me. I'll
try
> >to
> > > go on blanking bad partitions bad magic numbers"
> > >
> > > Note that I installed the new 2nd HD neither partitioned nor formatted
> >by
> > > either Windows or Linux.
> > >
> > > I clicked 'Cancel' and it went immediately to the setting up of
> >partitions
> > > so I selected 'hdb'and 'auto allocate'.
> > >
> > > I also selected to create a boot disk.
> > >
> > > And...Charles LM installed LILO on my Windows disk! There was no
option
> > > after the create boot disk it jumped directly to Configure X! Boy..I
did
> >not
> > > want that to happen!
> > >
> > > After installing, it rebooted the computer and LILO came up :( so I
> >entered
> > > to go to Linux. The Console mode login session came up but the screen
> >would
> > > go on and off, what's wrong?
> > >
> > > I also tried to boot using the created 'boot disk' and an error came,
> > > error 0X10.
> > >
> > > Would sincerely appreciate any help guys.
> > >
> > > Is it possible to remove the LILO from my Windows disk and setup Linux
> >to
> > > just boot from the 'boot disk'?
> > >
> > > edison
> > >
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