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From: "Hunt, Bryan" <B.Hunt@emuse-tech.com>
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Subject: [ILUG] RE: removing lilo
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on NT 4 you should get it at the point where you choose 
which partition to format/install onto .... It's been a 
while though so I might be wrong. Ted says I might have 
dreamed it just like that spider baby/Linux thing :-)

--Dougal

-----Original Message-----
From: SoloCDM [mailto:deedsmis@aculink.net]
Sent: 02 August 2002 10:33
To: Hunt, Bryan
Cc: ILUG (Request)
Subject: Re: removing lilo


"Hunt, Bryan" stated the following:
> 
> choose the repair option when installing windows nt/2000/whatever

What is the "repair option"?

> -----Original Message----- From: SoloCDM [mailto:deedsmis@aculink.net]
> Sent: 31 July 2002 17:48 To: Hunt, Bryan Cc: ILUG (Request)
> Subject: Re: removing lilo
> 
> "Hunt, Bryan" stated the following:
> 
> > you need to do a "fdisk /mbr" from a bootable windoze floppy
> > alternatively boot from linux boot disk and do fdisk, delete all
> 
> partitions.
> 
> I need to ask a question concerning this issue.
> 
> What if I don't want to get rid of the MBR -- it will destroy the
> OS on that drive.  How do I remove lilo without the above fdisk
> procedure?
> 
> > -----Original Message----- From: jac1
> > [mailto:jac1@student.cs.ucc.ie]
> 
> > i recently had to wipe linux from my pc but forgot to restore the
> > original MBR (NT). Anyone know how i can do this? linux is entirely
> > gone and no
> 
> boot
> 
> > floppy. formatting the entire disk doesn't do it either.

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