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.....

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.
.

>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
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