[vox-tech] BLASPHEMY (i.e., removing Linux from a dual-bootsystem)

[Trevor Lango]

Okay, here is what you need/should do:

Boot off of a Windows XP Install CD and select the "Recovery Console"
feature. When you are eventually at a command prompt, typing "fdisk =
/mbr" is
necessary to overwrite LILO BUT will not be good enough for Windows =
XP...!!!
XP uses additional files for booting besides the code residing in the =
MBR so
it is essential that you ALSO type "bootcfg /rebuild" (or bootcfg with
another valid option such as "/add" or "/default" or whatever you feel =
you
need to do...) The combination of rebuilding the MBR and
restoring/re-writing XP's boot files should make the Win OS boot just =
fine.


>-----Original Message-----
>From: vox-tech-admin@lists.lugod.org [mailto:vox-tech-
>admin@lists.lugod.org] On Behalf Of Richard S. Crawford
>Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 20:00
>To: vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
>Subject: Re: [vox-tech] BLASPHEMY (i.e., removing Linux from a dual-
>bootsystem)
>
>Well, now the damned computer won't even start.  I turn it on, and it
>just runs 10 across the screen until I turn it off.  There is no floppy
>drive on this computer, so a boot disk won't work; and I'm afraid I
>couldn't quite figure out how to use Knoppix to deal with LILO (what
>*is* the root password for a computer running Knoppix, anyway?).
>
>Am I the only one here who hates computers? ;-)
>
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