On Monday 30 July 2001 19:59, Caruso Aldo wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   I've just installed Mandrake 8 in my PC which had Windows 98,
> partitioning previously my hard disk.  To my surprise I noticed that
> Mandrake
> automatically puts LILO in the Master Boot Record, and did not give me a
> chance to select boot from floppy method (as SuSE 7.1 did).
>
>   As I have to check other Linux Distributions, I need to uninstall
> Mandrake, and left the things as they where before (Windows 98 alone, and
> booting as it normally boots, without LILO).
>
>   How can I accomplish that ?

1. Boot from windows boot floppy
(make one at a friend's PC if you don't have one)

2. at DOS prompt, type FDISK /mbr




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