> On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 21:10:37 +0100 (BST), <spidler at superiorman.com> > wrote: > >> 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? >> > > at a root command prompt..... > > . > . > . > yeah, I guessed that... but I really don't know how to get there. >>> >>>> 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! >>>> > > What happens when the computer is turned on? Do you get a nice GUI to > log into the box with? > Or a login prompt that is on a big black screen with white letters? > > the nice GUI login with the box. > > > >>>> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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