[NTLUG:Discuss] where is lilo

[Cameron, Thomas]

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> From: fredjame [mailto:fredjame at concentric.net]
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 10:20 AM
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> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] where is lilo
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> -- 
> ...your have to be the change...
> 

Boot off a Windows 95/98 CD or DOS diskette and run fdisk /mbr to over-write the master boot record.

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Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
Assistant Vice President
Linux Design and Engineering
Bank of America
(972) 997-9641

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