[TriLUG] Boot Loaders and the like

[Jim Ray]

You'll need to begin the RH8 installation again and remove partitions
with fdisk.  That step will wipe your hard drive and let you load the OS
of your choice.

In the DOS world, there's also the fdisk /mbr

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Burroughs [mailto:beburrou at unity.ncsu.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 8:41 PM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: [TriLUG] Boot Loaders and the like
> 
> Folks,
>     I've installed RedHat 8.0 on a system and I would like to remove
it,
> mostly cause it's got a problem with a video card I installed, and I'd
> like to put it in its own box, for a much more safe "tinkerable"
> environment.  I have a few problems though, one of which I doubt is a
big
> problem.
> 
> 1)  I can't get into a GUI because of the video problem, so I have to
do
> everything from command line.  This cripples me pretty badly, since i
am
> still totally new.
> 2)  I'm using LILO as the boot loader, since i'm in league with the M$
> devil for my main needs.  I'm not *quite* sure which hard drive the
boot
> loader is on, but I assume its on the same one as my windows
installation,
> since trying to boot from the linux hard drive gives me an "OS not
found"
> error during booting.
> 3)  I don't really know how to "uninstall" RedHat anyway.  I suppose I
> could just pop in the RH CD and see if it has an uninstall option, but
I
> don't recall if it did.  That, and the fact that there are two RH
> installations listed in LILO, one of them apparently being the
original
> and the other a backup (probably saving the pre-video crash
environment).
> 
> Help would be greatly appreciated.  I think it's time for me to go
find a
> manual or something and have a good... read...  any suggestions?  Oh,
and
> if it ends in "for Dummies," I think i'd pass on that.  Thx in
advance.
> 
>         The Burro
> 
> --
> "It's a one dog town, and he's old and mean..."
> 	-- Garth Brooks
> 
> 
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