Removing LILO

[John R. Gargett]

Ever have one of those days????

Thanks Adam!

Sincerely,

John


> From: Adam McDougall <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu>
> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 12:17:02 -0400 (EDT)
> To: "John R. Gargett" <jgargett@lsj.com>
> Cc: Linux <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>
> Subject: Re: Removing LILO
> 
> 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
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> John R. Gargett                               (517) 267-1327
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>> Lansing State Journal                       jgargett@lsj.com
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>> 
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