On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 14:22:50 +1100 Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> frantically pecked out this message:::::
> On Thursday 13 December 2001 12:43 am, you wrote: > > 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 > > As far as I understand, the default behaviour would be for the LILO install > to make whatever partition it is being installed on active, so that would > usually be the Linux boot partition. Therefore just fdisking this out of > existence would I guess leave you without a bootable partition. Considering > we are talking WinME here, that would not be a bad option! > > /Brian > > Indeed! but wouldn't that then leave a gaping hole where the user would need a real OS? and he'd just toasted one to make room for...??? -- daRcmaTTeR Registered Linux User 182496 Mandrake 8.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:05pm up 4 days, 0 min, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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