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...) 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 (?) > 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