Um, ok, did I mention I was an idiot? > On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 20:52:14 +0100 (BST), <spidler at superiorman.com> > wrote: > >> I feel like an idiot comming to this LUG asking how to UNintall Linux, >> but I >> think I made a mistake. Skip ahead if you don't care why. I'm very >> much a newbie to anything Linix or Unix, and wanted to learn, and >> thought that maybe the best way to do it would be to just install it >> and jump right in, >> so I did. But, I realized that I need to use XP on this computer, to >> do things I can't do on Linux yet, and I don't have the time to learn. >> >> So in the Installation of Mandrake, I reformated the HD. So, I have >> Mandrake >> on here now, but I don't know how to get it off. >> > > > I think you have to get lilo off the boot sector: > > in linux this is done by: > > lilo -u /dev/hda > (or whatever device it's on...) Ok, I don't know what I'm doing at all, remember? Where do I put the lilo -u command? > > or if you can use a dos boot disk: > > FDISK /MBR > I think might do the trick.. (assuming it's on your boot disk!) > > This may get you pointed in the right direction (?) > > and a dos boot disk ... ? hat's that? thank you for your help, you'll just have to excuse my ignorance. > > > >> I put the XP CD into the CD-ROM drive, which before booted >> automatically, but as of now all I get is Linux. LINUX LINUX LINUX! >> >> Does anyone know how I can get the XP installer running? I do believe >> it has >> an option to reformat during the installation of XP, which would get >> rid of >> Mandrake on my Harddrive. >> >> So, any help? >> >> thanks >> >> Micah >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list