[NTLUG:Discuss] where is lilo

[Jack Snodgrass]

On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 10:19, fredjame wrote:
> I have a persistent Lilo that I need to get rid of <long story omitted> 
> - there is no OS on this machine, and yet when it attempts to boot the 
> Lilo screen appears.  Does anybody know how to get rid of it?  I really 
> need to start over completely fresh, and there is no data on the hard 
> drive that needs to be saved.  If it makes any difference, this is a 
> laptop with the floppy and CD as separate devices sharing a single bay.  
> Thanks in advance for any help you may offer.
> 
> Micron TransPort LT
> P-III 600MHz
> 10 GB hard drive


use the dos fdisk command and do a 
fdisk /mbr 
to replace the boot record. Right now, you have lilo loaded in the boot
record and 
it will show up until you remove it from the boot record of the drive. 

There is probably a way to use fdisk from linux... but I don't know how.

jack