Re: deleting the kernel

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From: Vikram.V.Asrani
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 00:00

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Douglas Miller <millercd@telusplanet.net> wrote:
> I have an old 486, with linux on it.  I want to put windows back on it, but
> am having difficulties deleting the kernel.  fdisk and diskdruid do not
> recognize the current linux partition.

Can you boot up in linux ? If you can do it from your hard disk, then boot up, 
uninstall LILO using lilo -some_option_that_you_should_check_up. Then
delete those partitions using fdisk (the linux version and not DOS version). 
Then reboot your machine and then create new win partitions. 

If you cannot boot up through a hd, try using a floppy to do the same. 

-- 
Vikram.V.Asrani (vikram@eecs.umich.edu)

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From: Vikram.V.Asrani <vikram@eecs.umich.edu>
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