Re: how to remove the LILO from my harddisk MBR

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From: Ross Carver
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 00:00

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Jackson:

type "fdisk /mbr" at a dos prompt then reboot your machine.  If lilo is
preventing you from getting to a dos prompt then insert a boot disk fir
windows and then issue the command.

Jackson Chan wrote in message <71fhnj$l3t4@pegasus.hkstar.com>...
>I got a problem that I can't remove the LILO from my harddisk, even through
>I have already deleted the dos partition and linux partition, low level
>formatting the harddisk, the machine still boot up from LILO
>and then hang up. I installed dos 6.22 with configuring the harddisk.
>but the machine still boot up from LILO. I know the boot record still
>resident in mbr of my harddisk. Can anyone teach me how to remove it
>completely ?
>
>Thank a lot if any one can help me !
>
>
>Jackson Chan
>jccm111@hotmail.com
>
>
>
>

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From: "Ross Carver" <rcarver@mint.net>
Subject: Re: how to remove the LILO from my harddisk MBR
Date: 1998/11/03
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