Removing LILO

Adam McDougall mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu
Tue, 3 Oct 2000 12:17:02 -0400 (EDT)


fdisk /mbr  perhaps?

On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, John R. Gargett wrote:

> Hi all!
> 
> I have a friend that installed Redhat 6.1 on his machine (a Gateway) a while
> ago. He would like to remove the linux and install a different OS that shall
> remain nameless. The problem that he is having is that apparently LILO is
> installed in the boot sector since he gets to the boot and gets a LIL-
> prompt. The disk has been formatted and sysed.
> 
> Is there a simple way to get rid of this from DOS? I remember a similar
> query a while ago, but I can't find a reference to it in my "archives" of
> the list.
> 
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> John
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