Re: [newbie] Uninstall of MDK
On Tuesday 12 December 2000 14:01, you wrote: Hey all, I have a question. I need to know how to perform a clean uninstall of Linux. Now, before you guys jump all over me, listen to my reason. This is not my choice. I have 7.1 installed at work and the Network admin. found out and he, being the wonderful person that he is, told me to remove it. He gave me till the end of the week. Nice, huh? Anyway, I need your help. Thanks in advance, Chris Kelly Registered Linux user 185775 OK boot your 7.1 run fdisk from a console as root delete the linux partitions, leaving the windows partitions alone. save ctrl-alt-del boot into windows make a windows boot disk boot into DOS prompt from the windows boot disk a:\fdisk /mbr linux is gone and windows is intact. You may now recoup unused disk space with DOS fdisk or PM or whatever. Civileme
RE: [newbie] Uninstall of MDK
At 12-12-2000 -0500, you wrote: What is Fips? O'Reilly Running Linux, Page 53, "... several programs that resize partitions nondestructively. One of these is known as FIPS and can be found on many Linux FTP sites."
RE: [newbie] Uninstall of MDK
Now that's an answer I like. He's a real... I'll restrain myself due to the fact that there are ladies on this list. -Original Message- From: Mark Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 8:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Uninstall of MDK Maybe he oughta just bonk the butt-head with a ball-bat and ship him to Redmond, Washington for some mental readjustment. Mark On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:58:52 -0700, Adrian Smith said: maybe you just need a new job? =) i had an friend who was in IT with the same problem. he spent all night setting up a linux box at work. his supervisor came in the next day and said (and i quote) "nice linux machine. get rid of it." i assume you have to go back to windows? why not just boot with the win CD and do an fdisk start over? or do you have a duel boot? i would think you could use a linux boot disk linux fdisk to simply change all the ext2 partitions to fat32, then format them. would that work? then of course a win/dos boot disk to run fdisk /mbr Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Kelly, Christopher" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6:01:35 AM 12/12/00 Hey all, I have a question. I need to know how to perform a clean uninstall of Linux. Now, before you guys jump all over me, listen to my reason. This is not my choice. I have 7.1 installed at work and the Network admin. found out and he, being the wonderful person that he is, told me to remove it. He gave me till the end of the week. Nice, huh? Anyway, I need your help. Thanks in advance, Chris Kelly Registered Linux user 185775
Re: [newbie] Uninstall of MDK
it just doesn't seem fair, does it? -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ## !-- Pine 4.31 -- # On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 Paul spake passionately saying! On 12 Dec 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: Maybe he oughta just bonk the butt-head with a ball-bat and ship him to Redmond, Washington for some mental readjustment. Mark i had an friend who was in IT with the same problem. he spent all night setting up a linux box at work. his supervisor came in the next day and said (and i quote) "nice linux machine. get rid of it." Don't forget there's something like company policy. That keeps me from removing windows and putting Linux on the pc too... Paul
RE: [newbie] Uninstall of MDK
besides, what am I really hurting by have Linux on my machine??? He is just a Microsoft freak. Doesn't think that any other product can measure up! HA! Chris Kelly --- "One World, One Web, One Program." - Microsoft Promotional Ad. "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer." - Adolf Hitler -Original Message- From: Mark Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 7:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Uninstall of MDK it just doesn't seem fair, does it? -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ## !-- Pine 4.31 -- # On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 Paul spake passionately saying! On 12 Dec 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: Maybe he oughta just bonk the butt-head with a ball-bat and ship him to Redmond, Washington for some mental readjustment. Mark i had an friend who was in IT with the same problem. he spent all night setting up a linux box at work. his supervisor came in the next day and said (and i quote) "nice linux machine. get rid of it." Don't forget there's something like company policy. That keeps me from removing windows and putting Linux on the pc too... Paul
Re: [newbie] Uninstall of MDK
On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, L. H. LOO wrote: When you installed Linux, did you partition the hard disk ? You can delete the linux partition by using DOS (pure, no Win) to delete the non-DOS partition, or use the Linux installation proceed untill where you can use fips to delete the Linux partition, write to disk, STOP here, and reboot with ctrl-alt-del. I done this part before, but to return the 'empty' space to Win ? HTH, Good Luck. To get the space back to windows, just run fdisk, partition the available space, format it, and you have a new drive. Paul -- To do is to be - Sartre To be is to do - Spinoza Do be do be do - Sinatra http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30
RE: [newbie] Uninstall of MDK
On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Kelly, Christopher wrote: What is Fips? Fips is a program on the mandrake cd, which enables you to change the sizes of partitions. It is freeware, and comes with no warranty. It is a substitute for Partition Magic, without a graphical interface. Paul -- To do is to be - Sartre To be is to do - Spinoza Do be do be do - Sinatra http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30
Re: [newbie] Uninstall of MDK
maybe you just need a new job? =) i had an friend who was in IT with the same problem. he spent all night setting up a linux box at work. his supervisor came in the next day and said (and i quote) "nice linux machine. get rid of it." i assume you have to go back to windows? why not just boot with the win CD and do an fdisk start over? or do you have a duel boot? i would think you could use a linux boot disk linux fdisk to simply change all the ext2 partitions to fat32, then format them. would that work? then of course a win/dos boot disk to run fdisk /mbr Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Kelly, Christopher" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6:01:35 AM 12/12/00 Hey all, I have a question. I need to know how to perform a clean uninstall of Linux. Now, before you guys jump all over me, listen to my reason. This is not my choice. I have 7.1 installed at work and the Network admin. found out and he, being the wonderful person that he is, told me to remove it. He gave me till the end of the week. Nice, huh? Anyway, I need your help. Thanks in advance, Chris Kelly Registered Linux user 185775
Re: [newbie] Uninstall of MDK
Maybe he oughta just bonk the butt-head with a ball-bat and ship him to Redmond, Washington for some mental readjustment. Mark On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:58:52 -0700, Adrian Smith said: maybe you just need a new job? =) i had an friend who was in IT with the same problem. he spent all night setting up a linux box at work. his supervisor came in the next day and said (and i quote) "nice linux machine. get rid of it." i assume you have to go back to windows? why not just boot with the win CD and do an fdisk start over? or do you have a duel boot? i would think you could use a linux boot disk linux fdisk to simply change all the ext2 partitions to fat32, then format them. would that work? then of course a win/dos boot disk to run fdisk /mbr Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Kelly, Christopher" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6:01:35 AM 12/12/00 Hey all, I have a question. I need to know how to perform a clean uninstall of Linux. Now, before you guys jump all over me, listen to my reason. This is not my choice. I have 7.1 installed at work and the Network admin. found out and he, being the wonderful person that he is, told me to remove it. He gave me till the end of the week. Nice, huh? Anyway, I need your help. Thanks in advance, Chris Kelly Registered Linux user 185775
Re: [newbie] Uninstall of MDK
On 12 Dec 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: Maybe he oughta just bonk the butt-head with a ball-bat and ship him to Redmond, Washington for some mental readjustment. Mark i had an friend who was in IT with the same problem. he spent all night setting up a linux box at work. his supervisor came in the next day and said (and i quote) "nice linux machine. get rid of it." Don't forget there's something like company policy. That keeps me from removing windows and putting Linux on the pc too... Paul -- Cowboy Coffee: A brew strong enough to float a horseshoe in. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30
