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  From: Don Collins <doncol@mail.mdt.net.au>
  To  : hirm@chariot.net.au
  Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 19:14:11 +0930

Re: Biiiig LILO problems....

OOOPS!!!!

That'll teach me for reading too quickly.  Sorry guys... didn't see the NT4 bit.
Maybe you could add another drive, install Linux on it and if you still want to
remove it THEN try /sbin/lilo -u.  hehehehehe

Mark Williams wrote:

> Hi guys...
>
> I have a bit of a problem with LILO.
> A ehile ago i moved the hdd containing linux out of the machine (and removed
> linux from it).
> Unfortunatly i forgot to unsinstall LILO on the computer, and now when i boot
> i just get "LI".
> At the moment the comp is only running win2k which is how its going to stay.
>
> How do i remove LILO from the MBR?
> I know i can do a "fdisk /mbr" in msdos but im not too sure if that will work
> too well with win2k which uses the NT4 boot loader.
>
> Anyone got any ideas???
>
> Thanks,
>  Mark Williams
>
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