Re: Getting Linux off the MBR

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From: Brendan O'Dea
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 00:00

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In article <341FED82.778B@alphawest.com.au>,
Rajiv Niles  <rajiv.niles@alphawest.com.au> wrote:
>I have a hard disk which used to slackware linux on it. From DOS I did
>an FDISK on it and created a primary partition. I then formatted the
>drive. However, every time the computer boots off the hard disk it still
>runs through LILO. Have tried many ways to get this off the MBR with
>little success. Does anyone out there have a possible solution ??

You can use the undocumented /mbr switch to DOS fdisk:

    fdisk /mbr

Regards,
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Brendan O'Dea                                        bod@compusol.com.au
Compusol Pty. Limited                  (NSW, Australia)  +61 2 9809 0133

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