Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?
d wrote: LURKER here, I am NOT for using RH or any other flavor of LINUX, but; when there have been questions in the past looking for webpages the http;//xxx.x.xx.xx or what ever, is posted and this one time instructions say, Go to the Red Hat home page, . Did that touch a soar spot? I for one do not know where the homepage is from just RH or Red Hat. Maybe do a search on Google for Red Hat would produce more direct info. My $0.03, At 07:34 AM 9/9/01, you wrote: Michael Spivak wrote: Can you please be more specific about the RH list ? Where can we join it ? clip Go to the Red Hat home page; click on mail list archives, or somesuch, at the bottom of the page, and you'll get be directed to the RH mailing lists, along with subscription directions. There are about 18 or more of them. Do yourself a favor, and read up on the term RTFM before subscribing. It may come in handy. Carroll TIA, 'd' [EMAIL PROTECTED] San Antonio, Texas www.redhat.com Carroll Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?
Thank You for being a little more informative and direct. www.redhat.com LURKER, At 07:13 PM 9/10/01, you wrote: d wrote: LURKER here, I am NOT for using RH or any other flavor of LINUX, but; when there have been questions in the past looking for webpages the http;//xxx.x.xx.xx or what ever, is posted and this one time instructions say, Go to the Red Hat home page, . Did that touch a soar spot? I for one do not know where the homepage is from just RH or Red Hat. Maybe do a search on Google for Red Hat would produce more direct info. My $0.03, SNIPITY,SNIP www.redhat.com Carroll Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?
LURKER here, I am NOT for using RH or any other flavor of LINUX, but; when there have been questions in the past looking for webpages the http;//xxx.x.xx.xx or what ever, is posted and this one time instructions say, Go to the Red Hat home page, . Did that touch a soar spot? I for one do not know where the homepage is from just RH or Red Hat. Maybe do a search on Google for Red Hat would produce more direct info. My $0.03, At 07:34 AM 9/9/01, you wrote: Michael Spivak wrote: Can you please be more specific about the RH list ? Where can we join it ? -Original Message- From: civileme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 6:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ? On Sunday 09 September 2001 05:18, Michel Clasquin wrote: On another note, I think the members of this list ought to give themselves a little pat on the back - somebody decides to return to windows, asks how to do it, and apart from a few wry ironic remarks, he does not get flamed, just the instruction he asked for. Good work. Well, if someone chooses what he really wants, we are not here to make him change his choices. We are here to assure he _HAS_ a choice. We also help out people with RH questions (and if you are curious, join a RH list for a couple of days and you will easily reach the correct answer as a logical conclusion). Other OSes may be about proselyting. Mandrake is about choice. Civileme Go to the Red Hat home page; click on mail list archives, or somesuch, at the bottom of the page, and you'll get be directed to the RH mailing lists, along with subscription directions. There are about 18 or more of them. Do yourself a favor, and read up on the term RTFM before subscribing. It may come in handy. Carroll Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com TIA, 'd' [EMAIL PROTECTED] San Antonio, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Uninstall Linux ?
Hello , I got a problem , my 2 hdd's are full and i need the space from the linux hdd . How can i uninstall Linux and LILO ? And how can i turn my hdd from linux filesystem to fat32 . I thought on part. magic . But i dont know how to do it neither how to uninstall lilo . Ok thank you Please help . _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?
Actually, to remove the lilo, you should boot from ordinary DOS diskete, and type 'fdisk /mbr' - this will remove from MBR record of the LILO (clean it) . About the partitions - i think you should use the Linux's fdisk to remove the ext2 partitions, and then use the DOS fdisk to recreate the regular fat16/32. Hope i helped -Original Message- From: strab dogg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 9:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ? Hello , I got a problem , my 2 hdd's are full and i need the space from the linux hdd . How can i uninstall Linux and LILO ? And how can i turn my hdd from linux filesystem to fat32 . I thought on part. magic . But i dont know how to do it neither how to uninstall lilo . Ok thank you Please help . _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?
On Sun, 2001-09-09 at 02:22, strab dogg wrote: Hello , I got a problem , my 2 hdd's are full and i need the space from the linux hdd . How can i uninstall Linux and LILO ? And how can i turn my hdd from linux filesystem to fat32 . I thought on part. magic . But i dont know how to do it neither how to uninstall lilo . Ok thank you Please help . There is no uninstall method, except to fdisk format the drive. 'fdisk /mbr' (from a DOS prompt -- boot from a Win98 boot diskette) will get rid of LILO, and 'fdisk' will allow you to delete your non-DOS partition(s) and create one or more DOS partitions. You then need to format each partition (again in DOS, using a Win98 boot diskette) to make them usable. If your boot diskette's version of 'format' will not support fat32, then you can always convert to fat32 after Windows is installed. Dave PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?
If you just need disk space, why not do some housekeeping first and use the Windows tools to clean out the recycle bin, temporary files, old Windows uninstall info, down-loaded files, etc.? Also remove old programs you aren't using any more. You will be shocked how much space can be recovered and you may be able to keep Linux. I keep my disk cleaned up and I just checked and I can recover 140MB from less than a week. Run Disk Cleanup in System Tools. Also in in your browser, reduce the time for hanging on to history. I use ten days and if I haven't returned to a site within 10 days, I probably never will. Of course if you really want to throw Linux away, follow the instructions Civileme sent. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?
There is no uninstall method, except to fdisk format the drive. 'fdisk /mbr' (from a DOS prompt -- boot from a Win98 boot diskette) will get rid of LILO, and 'fdisk' will allow you to delete your non-DOS partition(s) and create one or more DOS partitions. You then need to format each partition (again in DOS, using a Win98 boot diskette) to make them usable. If your boot diskette's version of 'format' will not support fat32, then you can always convert to fat32 after Windows is installed. Dave Dave, Michael S, and original poster, Actually, you won't be able to remove the ext2 partitions with windows fdisk--what you've done if you clear the mbr first is no way to get into linux (other than via a boot disk) to remove the ext2 partition information. What needs to happen is boot using something similar to tom's root / boot disk (link should be off the distribution page of linux.org) or into your linux install, run linux fdisk as root, remove all ext2 partitions. Boot into windows, run 'fdisk /mbr' (note, this is windows fdisk), reboot using the floppy, and repartition the drive using windows fdiskm, setting up partitions for a FAT16 or FAT32 partition - if it is a large drive, choose FAT32 (FAT16 has a limit of 2 GB per partition), then format. This is, of course, the same set of instructions that civilme sent to the list. In the next few days, I'll have finished a FAQ relating to questions (using my answers) that have been posted to this list and the expert list--if nothing else, civilme, myself, and the other experts on the list can post the url for the person to look at instead of sending the same instructions to the list every time -- I've seen at least 3 or 4 posts concerning uninstalls, for example. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?
On Sunday 09 September 2001 10:30, Michael D. Viron wrote: In the next few days, I'll have finished a FAQ relating to questions (using my answers) that have been posted to this list and the expert list--if nothing else, civilme, myself, and the other experts on the list can post the url for the person to look at instead of sending the same instructions to the list every time -- I've seen at least 3 or 4 posts concerning uninstalls, for example. A great idea and thank for putting in the time for us. On another note, I think the members of this list ought to give themselves a little pat on the back - somebody decides to return to windows, asks how to do it, and apart from a few wry ironic remarks, he does not get flamed, just the instruction he asked for. Good work. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC An intellectual is someone who has discovered something more interesting than sex - Aldous Huxley Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?
Can you please be more specific about the RH list ? Where can we join it ? -Original Message- From: civileme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 6:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ? On Sunday 09 September 2001 05:18, Michel Clasquin wrote: On another note, I think the members of this list ought to give themselves a little pat on the back - somebody decides to return to windows, asks how to do it, and apart from a few wry ironic remarks, he does not get flamed, just the instruction he asked for. Good work. Well, if someone chooses what he really wants, we are not here to make him change his choices. We are here to assure he _HAS_ a choice. We also help out people with RH questions (and if you are curious, join a RH list for a couple of days and you will easily reach the correct answer as a logical conclusion). Other OSes may be about proselyting. Mandrake is about choice. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?
Michael Spivak wrote: Can you please be more specific about the RH list ? Where can we join it ? -Original Message- From: civileme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 6:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ? On Sunday 09 September 2001 05:18, Michel Clasquin wrote: On another note, I think the members of this list ought to give themselves a little pat on the back - somebody decides to return to windows, asks how to do it, and apart from a few wry ironic remarks, he does not get flamed, just the instruction he asked for. Good work. Well, if someone chooses what he really wants, we are not here to make him change his choices. We are here to assure he _HAS_ a choice. We also help out people with RH questions (and if you are curious, join a RH list for a couple of days and you will easily reach the correct answer as a logical conclusion). Other OSes may be about proselyting. Mandrake is about choice. Civileme Go to the Red Hat home page; click on mail list archives, or somesuch, at the bottom of the page, and you'll get be directed to the RH mailing lists, along with subscription directions. There are about 18 or more of them. Do yourself a favor, and read up on the term RTFM before subscribing. It may come in handy. Carroll Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?OT
On Sunday 09 September 2001 14:30 pm, civileme wrote: On Sunday 09 September 2001 03:22, strab dogg wrote: Hello , I got a problem , my 2 hdd's are full and i need the space from the linux hdd . How can i uninstall Linux and LILO ? And how can i turn my hdd from linux filesystem to fat32 . I thought on part. magic . But i dont know how to do it neither how to uninstall lilo . Ok thank you Please help . Well, I am assuming you are using a dos-based windows. 1. Make a DOS boot floppy if you don't already have one 2. Boot into linux and login as root. 3. If you are in console mode, stay there. If you are in some desktop, open up a terminal. 4. from the command line # fdisk /dev/hdb or hdc or hdd, whichever is the linux disk pprints the artition table on the screen d deletes a numbered partition keep on with p and d until all linux partitions and any extended partition enclosing them are gone. wwrites out the partition table to disk Then put your DOS boot floppy into the machine and # reboot When you get the A: prompt from DOS A: fdisk /mbr And yes the forward slash is correct. Remove the floppy and reset, Now you can use windows fdisk to partition the space where linux was, and FORMAT E: ,etc to format the partitions you make. Then no part of your computer will belong to you any longer, but If that is what you choose, so be it. Civileme Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: I read these lists with great interest and learn a lot, but as I'm already 57 yrs old I don't think I'll make it onto the experts list. This one puzzles me however, how can you use a linux utility to remove the partitions that linux resides on. This sounds like the computing equivalent of sawing off the branch that you are sitting on. Any explanations gratefully received. -- Peter Watson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?
On Sunday 09 September 2001 03:22, strab dogg wrote: Hello , I got a problem , my 2 hdd's are full and i need the space from the linux hdd . How can i uninstall Linux and LILO ? And how can i turn my hdd from linux filesystem to fat32 . I thought on part. magic . But i dont know how to do it neither how to uninstall lilo . Ok thank you Please help . Well, I am assuming you are using a dos-based windows. 1. Make a DOS boot floppy if you don't already have one 2. Boot into linux and login as root. 3. If you are in console mode, stay there. If you are in some desktop, open up a terminal. 4. from the command line # fdisk /dev/hdb or hdc or hdd, whichever is the linux disk pprints the artition table on the screen d deletes a numbered partition keep on with p and d until all linux partitions and any extended partition enclosing them are gone. wwrites out the partition table to disk Then put your DOS boot floppy into the machine and # reboot When you get the A: prompt from DOS A: fdisk /mbr And yes the forward slash is correct. Remove the floppy and reset, Now you can use windows fdisk to partition the space where linux was, and FORMAT E: ,etc to format the partitions you make. Then no part of your computer will belong to you any longer, but If that is what you choose, so be it. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?OT
On Sunday 09 September 2001 10:50 am, Peter Watson wrote: This one puzzles me however, how can you use a linux utility to remove the partitions that linux resides on. This sounds like the computing equivalent of sawing off the branch that you are sitting on. Any explanations gratefully received. To do this you need to boot of your rescue disk (or the install cd, and select rescue). This way, you are not cutting off the branch you are sitting on, but rather cutting off the branch you were sitting on (before rebooting) -- Alex Steve Balmer, CEO of Microsoft, recently referred to LINUX as a cancer. Unsurprisingly, that's incorrect; LINUX was released on August 25th, 1991 and is therefore a Virgo. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?OT
I read on one of these lists that because there is so much to learn, linux helps prevent oldtimers dease, and if you remember it in the morning, it helps prove you don't have it yet. On Sunday 09 September 2001 17:26, you had thoughts to the concept of: Hey, what about us 65 year old Linux fans? Art - Original Message - From: Peter Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] I read these lists with great interest and learn a lot, but as I'm already 57 yrs old I don't think I'll make it onto the experts list. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?OT
At 14:26 9/09/01 -0700, you wrote: Hey, what about us 65 year old Linux fans? Art Hey, what about us 76 year old Linux fans? Ivor Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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Siavash Sefidvash wrote: Whats RH??? RedHat, a competitor to Mandrake. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ?
Whats RH??? Siavash -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of civileme Sent: 09 September 2001 17:01 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux ? On Sunday 09 September 2001 05:18, Michel Clasquin wrote: On another note, I think the members of this list ought to give themselves a little pat on the back - somebody decides to return to windows, asks how to do it, and apart from a few wry ironic remarks, he does not get flamed, just the instruction he asked for. Good work. Well, if someone chooses what he really wants, we are not here to make him change his choices. We are here to assure he _HAS_ a choice. We also help out people with RH questions (and if you are curious, join a RH list for a couple of days and you will easily reach the correct answer as a logical conclusion). Other OSes may be about proselyting. Mandrake is about choice. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux
:~I've checked the books that came with Linux 7.1 and find :~instructions for uninstalling Partition Magic and Boot :~Magic, but nothing on how to take Linux OFF the computer. :~ :~Can someone help me??? I wonder why am I writing these "tips" on forum http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=2907023359 Yes, there is a search function, you just have to use it: http://www.mandrakeforum.com/search.php3 :-( Deno -- - Dr. Denis Havlikhttp://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quality Assurance (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---oOO--(_)--OOo- The mailserver is on strike. It wants better working conditions, paid days off and a female connector. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux
On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, you wrote: Hi! I've recently bought Linux-Mandrake 7.1 and installed it on my computer. I used the partition magic (included with the 3- cdrom set) and because I can't get the peripherals to work, I want to take Linux OFF the computer that I installed it on and get rid of the 3 gig partition that I made and restore Windows on that machine. I've checked the books that came with Linux 7.1 and find instructions for uninstalling Partition Magic and Boot Magic, but nothing on how to take Linux OFF the computer. Can someone help me??? Thanks!! Lynn Johnson Iowa -- "To HELL with empire, WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK!!" Patrick J. Buchanan Reform Party presidential nominee August 12, 2000 Long Beach, Cal. -- Poor bastard, you can't uninstall Linux, just delete the partition. Windows-fied you are. Jay "Every man dies, but not every man really lives." http://www.mrsnooky.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT d-- s++:++ a- C++$ P+ L+++$ E-- W++ N w--- O? PS+++ PE Y+ PGP+ !t !5 X+ R tv+ b+++ DI+ D+ G++ e+$ h--- r+++ y+++ UF+++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK--
RE: [newbie] Uninstall Linux
Use partition magic and delete the Linux partition and put it back to a Windows Partition. Then Linux will have been deleted straight away -Original Message- From: Lynn Johnson To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 8/29/2000 9:51 PM Subject: [newbie] Uninstall Linux Hi! I've recently bought Linux-Mandrake 7.1 and installed it on my computer. I used the partition magic (included with the 3- cdrom set) and because I can't get the peripherals to work, I want to take Linux OFF the computer that I installed it on and get rid of the 3 gig partition that I made and restore Windows on that machine. I've checked the books that came with Linux 7.1 and find instructions for uninstalling Partition Magic and Boot Magic, but nothing on how to take Linux OFF the computer. Can someone help me??? Thanks!! Lynn Johnson Iowa -- "To HELL with empire, WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK!!" Patrick J. Buchanan Reform Party presidential nominee August 12, 2000 Long Beach, Cal.
Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, you wrote: Well, he tried to put down his bottle, seems that ole' Bill has a tight grasp on it though. -- Poor bastard, you can't uninstall Linux, just delete the partition. Windows-fied you are. Jay "Every man dies, but not every man really lives." http://www.mrsnooky.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT d-- s++:++ a- C++$ P+ L+++$ E-- W++ N w--- O? PS+++ PE Y+ PGP+ !t !5 X+ R tv+ b+++ DI+ D+ G++ e+$ h--- r+++ y+++ UF+++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK--
Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux
Use partition magic and delete the Linux partition and put it back to a Windows Partition. Then Linux will have been deleted straight away -Original Message- From: Lynn Johnson To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 8/29/2000 9:51 PM Subject: [newbie] Uninstall Linux Hi! I've recently bought Linux-Mandrake 7.1 and installed it on my computer. I used the partition magic (included with the 3- cdrom set) and because I can't get the peripherals to work, I want to take Linux OFF the computer that I installed it on and get rid of the 3 gig partition that I made and restore Windows on that machine. I've checked the books that came with Linux 7.1 and find instructions for uninstalling Partition Magic and Boot Magic, but nothing on how to take Linux OFF the computer. Can someone help me??? Thanks!! Lynn Johnson Iowa -- If you were using Lilo or Grub bootloader you will need to boot using your Win98 start-up disk and run fdisk/MBR to be able to boot Win98 after you have deleted your Linux partition. Charles
Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux
Jason: To THAT, I plead guilty. That's why I bought Linux. I just have to put it on a different computer so I can go online with the good one. Lynn Johnson Jason Ashman wrote: On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, you wrote: Hi! I've recently bought Linux-Mandrake 7.1 and installed it on my computer. I used the partition magic (included with the 3- cdrom set) and because I can't get the peripherals to work, I want to take Linux OFF the computer that I installed it on and get rid of the 3 gig partition that I made and restore Windows on that machine. I've checked the books that came with Linux 7.1 and find instructions for uninstalling Partition Magic and Boot Magic, but nothing on how to take Linux OFF the computer. Can someone help me??? Thanks!! Lynn Johnson Iowa -- "To HELL with empire, WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK!!" Patrick J. Buchanan Reform Party presidential nominee August 12, 2000 Long Beach, Cal. -- Poor bastard, you can't uninstall Linux, just delete the partition. Windows-fied you are. Jay "Every man dies, but not every man really lives." http://www.mrsnooky.com -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT d-- s++:++ a- C++$ P+ L+++$ E-- W++ N w--- O? PS+++ PE Y+ PGP+ !t !5 X+ R tv+ b+++ DI+ D+ G++ e+$ h--- r+++ y+++ UF+++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -- "To HELL with empire, WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK!!" Patrick J. Buchanan Reform Party presidential nominee August 12, 2000 Long Beach, Cal.
[newbie] Uninstall Linux
Hi! I've recently bought Linux-Mandrake 7.1 and installed it on my computer. I used the partition magic (included with the 3- cdrom set) and because I can't get the peripherals to work, I want to take Linux OFF the computer that I installed it on and get rid of the 3 gig partition that I made and restore Windows on that machine. I've checked the books that came with Linux 7.1 and find instructions for uninstalling Partition Magic and Boot Magic, but nothing on how to take Linux OFF the computer. Can someone help me??? Thanks!! Lynn Johnson Iowa -- "To HELL with empire, WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK!!" Patrick J. Buchanan Reform Party presidential nominee August 12, 2000 Long Beach, Cal.
[newbie] Uninstall Linux
how do i uninstall linux? i messed around with the windows manager and now i can't load KDE... some other windows manager always loads and i want to reinstall it... so how do i uninstall it???
Re: [newbie] Uninstall Linux
On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, you wrote: how do i uninstall linux? i messed around with the windows manager and now i can't load KDE... some other windows manager always loads and i want to reinstall it... so how do i uninstall it??? That's a pretty drastic step Try this before you reinstall Linux. Assuming you're running RedHat (or one of the other highly-compatible distros) see if you have .Xclients in your home directory. If you do, see if it looks (basically) like this: #!/bin/bash if [ -e "$HOME/.Xclients-$HOSTNAME$DISPLAY" ]; then exec $HOME/.Xclients-$HOSTNAME$DISPLAY else exec $HOME/.Xclients-default fi If not, copy the above into your favorite text editor and then save it as .Xclients in your home directory. Also, you may want to have a .Xclients-default file which would look like this for KDE: # Created by Red Hat Desktop Switcher exec startkde Just create that file above and it should put you back in KDE. John
