Re: [newbie] deleting mbr - how do i start windows

2001-06-12 Thread bascule
hi, not sure how you are using grub if you have done fdisk /mbr but if you remove linux then to boot windows all you have to is fdisk /mbr :-) assuming that you haven't messed with your windows partition, bascule On Tuesday 12 June 2001 9:48 pm, you wrote: > Hi, > > I read something similar t

[newbie] deleting mbr - how do i start windows

2001-06-12 Thread Pablo García Durán
Hi, I read something similar to this in other messages, but I don't know if the problem is exactly the same. Having done an fdisk /mbr, I now use Grub tu dual boot a Win/Linux machine. How will I load Windows after removing LM and Grub? TIA. -- Pablo Garcia-Duran

Re: [newbie] deleting /mbr

1999-08-14 Thread John Aldrich
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] deleting /mbr > I was having that problem with LILO. It displays the LI then freezes right? > well what I did is went into the etc directory and found this .0300 file and > used the dd command with some arguments to replace the m

Re: [newbie] deleting /mbr

1999-08-14 Thread Will
I was having that problem with LILO. It displays the LI then freezes right? well what I did is went into the etc directory and found this .0300 file and used the dd command with some arguments to replace the mbr with the old version. I found the command in some faq on the CD. The question is how d

Re: [newbie] deleting /mbr

1999-08-14 Thread Ben
Use a windows/dos boot disk to start the system, and issue the command fdisk /mbr that will get rid of lilo for you. Ben - Original Message - From: Toby Sheets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 6:02 AM Subject: [newbie] deleting /mbr

Re: [newbie] deleting /mbr

1999-08-14 Thread Michael L. Bulmer
Toby Sheets wrote: > > Someone posted the other day how to delete LILO from the master boot > record of the C drive. Could you repost? I'm trying to delete Linux from > my Primary slave drive but whenever I do LILO (which is on the mbr of > the primary master dive) only partially boots and I can'

[newbie] deleting /mbr

1999-08-14 Thread Toby Sheets
Someone posted the other day how to delete LILO from the master boot record of the C drive. Could you repost? I'm trying to delete Linux from my Primary slave drive but whenever I do LILO (which is on the mbr of the primary master dive) only partially boots and I can't get to Winblows. I need to d