eliminating lilo from the boot record

eliminating lilo from the boot record

[Chris Schulte]

Hi all,
I am stuck using windows for now, however, I had tryed to set up a linux
machine about two years ago.  I didn't succeed, and am now stuck with having
to type dos at boot up because lilo keeps coming up every time I restart.
If there is a way to eliminate that from my master boot record, please let
me know.  Thanks in advance, Chris Schulte

Re: eliminating lilo from the boot record

[Darcy Burnard]

I could be wrong here, but I believe you type fdisk /mbr at the dos
prompt. 


On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Chris Schulte wrote:

> Hi all,
> I am stuck using windows for now, however, I had tryed to set up a linux
> machine about two years ago.  I didn't succeed, and am now stuck with having
> to type dos at boot up because lilo keeps coming up every time I restart.
> If there is a way to eliminate that from my master boot record, please let
> me know.  Thanks in advance, Chris Schulte
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: eliminating lilo from the boot record

[Shaun Oliver]

Hi, you are correct,
boot to dos and type fdisk/mbr about 5-6 times
this will ensure that your master boot record is rebuilt for dos/windows
only.
I've had to do this a few times but, it's not a good idea to do it if your
worried or unsure at all or you just don't know what you're doing because
it may have disasterous results.
hth


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Re: eliminating lilo from the boot record

[Kirk Wood]

In addition to runing fdisk.mbr several times (5 or more times is good),
you will need to transfer the system files to the disk again. Put a
startup disk in the drive and change to the A drive. Then run the command
"sys c:". This can not be run on the currently active drive.

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Re: eliminating lilo from the boot record

[Dave Hunt]

In DOS mode, type "fdisk /mbr" to fix your boot record.  

-Dave