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?

>
> 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  (?)
>
>

and a dos boot disk ... ? hat's that?

thank you for your help, you'll just have to excuse my ignorance.


>
>
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
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