On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 08:30:03AM -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 09:20:19AM +0530, # sriram # wrote: > > a small qustion.. > > > > i have winNT and linux 7.2 with LILO on MBR > > > > i want to swipe out the linux partition > > > > how do i reset my MBR > > > > i checked man lilo and i found an option which says lilo -s or something like that >which enables one to uninstall lilo and reset the MBR (of course i have to specify >the device which is hda1 (win) in my case) > > will this put ntldr on my MBR > > > > are there alternate ways to do this > There is a complication. lilo -u uninstalls the lilo boot and resplaces it > with a file that has been saved , usually boot.XXXX. > However, this only works as you want it to work if you ran lilo only once. > Otherwise, what will be restored is the last lilo boot segment that was > replaced. The above is just wrong. The boot.xxxx file is from the first run of lilo. So lilo -u should well work to restore the original boot blocks if they were just NT boot blocks. Sorry I need more sleep.
> > I think running the DOS program: fdisk /mbr will restore the bootability of > winNT. But I would wait for someone else to confirm this. > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Aaron Konstam > Computer Science > Trinity University > 715 Stadium Dr. > San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 > > telephone: (210)-999-7484 > email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University 715 Stadium Dr. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
