On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 11:10:26 +1100
Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> frantically pecked out this message:::::
> That's true, but with one proviso - don't forget to tidy up the boot manager
> too. If you just use fdisk to remove the Linux partition, chances are you
> are killing your active partition and therefore your machine don't boot no
> more.
>
> Before removing anything, make your C drive (in M$ terms) your active
> partition - i.e. the one that boots. Then reboot and check that Windoze
> comes up with no sign of a boot manager. Then you can safely zap the Linux
> partition, create a new one and format at for Windoze use.
>
> Have fun with the new machine and the REAL operating system! I guess the
> next questions we see from you will be about Samba ;-)
> /brian
sssssssssssssh...you just had to tell them, didn't you? :P
but really...if they're both living on the same drive and windows was there first
isn't that partition already active? I can't really remember cause I don't drool boot
anymore, so it's been a little while since having to deal with this.
however, i did forget to mention one thing and that was this:
after you're finished blowing away that cute little penguin on that drive you will
want to also clean up the mbr with this command so that you won't have to tell LILO
that there is only one OS on the machine when it starts up.
fdisk /mbr
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