From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mpdr0.cleveland.oh.ameritech.net ([206.141.223.14] helo=mailhost.cle.ameritech.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16aMOA-0003ev-00 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:45:23 -0500 Received: from j7o5o8 ([64.109.195.152]) by mailhost.cle.ameritech.net (InterMail v4.01.01.07 201-229-111-110) with SMTP id <20020211195821.HFAO29130.mailhost.cle.ameritech.net@j7o5o8> for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:58:21 -0500 Message-ID: <000f01c1b334$730ba9a0$9d2efea9@j7o5o8> From: "Pete" To: References: <000b01c1a99c$f64cb8a0$0200a8c0@wall1.pa.home.com> Subject: Re: Unloading Linux Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 09:18:31 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: @echo off DEBUG <%0 A 100 INT 13 RAX 0301 RBX 0200 F 200 L 200 0 RCX 0001 RDX 0081 P ;REPLACE LAST 0080 WITH 0081 IF ;YOU WANT TO CLEAR THE SECOND ;PHYSICAL HDD, 2 FOR THE THIRD,ETC. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodney" To: "Speakup List" Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 9:46 AM Subject: Unloading Linux > Hi all. > > I was having trouble installing Slackware Linux on a computer so I tried > it on my development hard drive. I was going to reinstall Windows on it > anyway so I tested the Slackware install and all went well. But now I > have to remove Linux and reinstall Windows 98 SE. > > The problem is that even though I repartitioned the hard drive and > reformatted it with my windows startup disk, the LILO menu still > appears. > > I assume the menu is written on the boot sector of the hard drive and my > reformatting does not erase it. > > Can anyone tell me how to totally clear my hard drive so I can do a > fresh install of a different OS? > > Rodney > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup