> 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.....
>
> .
> .
> .
>

yeah, I guessed that... but I really don't know how to get there.

>>>
>>>> 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?
>
>

the nice GUI login with the box.

>
>
>
>>>> 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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