From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF9363F7D4 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 18:33:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g94MX2400912 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 18:33:02 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g94MX2f00907 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 18:33:02 -0400 Received: from mx1.onewest.net (root@mx1.onewest.net [199.104.81.32]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g94MDmX16431 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 18:13:48 -0400 Received: from id07.onewest.net ([199.104.81.25] helo=idscc07.onewest.net ident=mail) by mx1.onewest.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 17xb0E-0007R1-00 for ; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 16:32:58 -0600 Received: from du216.204.onewest.net ([65.19.204.216] helo=rupin.localnet) by idscc07.onewest.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17xb0C-0004rf-00 for ; Fri, 04 Oct 2002 16:32:58 -0600 Received: from localhost (lcr@localhost) by rupin.localnet (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g94MVnf15145 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 16:31:49 -0600 Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 16:31:49 -0600 (MDT) From: "L. C. Robinson" To: BLinux List Subject: Re: Getting rid of Linux In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Reply-To: no_spam+munged_lcr@onewest.net.invalid List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, hotmail wrote: > ... the computer boots, Grub gives me a list of > RedHat or Windows. And if I do not choose then > RedHat will load. You could make windoze the default. > Windows 98 is on drive C and Linux uses the > rest of the HD. I am told That I should > uninstall Grub before deleteing the Linux > partation. How do I uninstall Grub? Why bother? It will boot windoze in any event. I use lilo, not grub, so I don't know the details (I'd have to look it up for you, in the documentation, which I'm not inclined to do). But you intend on deleting grub with the linux partition, based on your comments later on. Restore the mbr, using whatever windoze uses for this. > I am told that I can run FDISK to delete the > Linux partition. How do I run FDISK? Given the context here, you are asking for windoze support from the wrong forum: off topic for this list. Interesting that you would want to junk linux, instead of the other way around, which is the usual eventuality for most users, if they have made a reasonable effort with linux. But we don't really know what you plan on doing with your computer, and in what context, or why. Did you see the recent posts on the superiority of linux for blind users (the Red Hat 8.0 related thread)? > I assume Ineed sited assistance to use FDISK. i > am not familular With FDISK, (I Have only used > FDISK once), so instructions please? Use the fdisk with windoze, or some other utility from that sorry, insecure, toy OS. A competent user could use linux fdisk from a rescue disk, but would still use the utilities of the OS that was to use the space. > I wish to delete the Linux partition and extend > drive c to use the whole HD. A mistake . When Microsoft's broken business model becomes painfully evident to everyone in the near future, will you be forced to reverse this process? Their highest executives have at long last been forced to publicly admit to their problems (especially their gigantic and probably unfixable security design fiasco), and their inability to meet the linux threat. It's just a matter of time. Post your request in an M$ advocacy forum. They'll love it, and you'll get plenty of eager answers. For even more fun, you could light a fuse in comp.os.linux.advocacy -- uh, no, never mind. I should be ashamed of myself for even thinking of it. -- L. C. Robinson reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@onewest.net.invalid People buy MicroShaft for compatibility, but get incompatibility and instability instead. This is award winning "innovation". Find out how MS holds your data hostage with "The *Lens*"; see "CyberSnare" at http://www.netaction.org/msoft/cybersnare.html