On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 21:10:37 +0100 (BST), <spidler at superiorman.com> wrote: > 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? > at a root command prompt..... . . . >> >>> 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! >>> What happens when the computer is turned on? Do you get a nice GUI to log into the box with? Or a login prompt that is on a big black screen with white letters? >>> 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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