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Old 10-06-2001, 01:40 PM   #1
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how to remove LILO

How can I remove LILO? My system locks up with 'LI' on the screen and beeps until I shut it off. I want to just boot Windows partition and use choice/loadlin in the autoexec.bat file. (Choice can be set up to time out after a few seconds.) Anyway, I can still boot with a floppy, so my choice is either a Win98 boot floppy or a Linux boot floppy (I use Tomsrtbt). Is it possible to remove LILO with either of these floppies? Please reply soon...
 
Old 10-06-2001, 02:09 PM   #2
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fdisk ...
Try to boot on a win 98 floppy disk and then run fdisk /mbr .
I think it will be a solution for remove lilo from masterboot.
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Old 10-06-2001, 02:18 PM   #3
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Thanks. That worked fine.
 
Old 10-06-2001, 02:23 PM   #4
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You're welcome ...
Best regards ... you're welcome
 
Old 10-06-2001, 11:56 PM   #5
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you should be able to do it from the linux command line as well or from a dos prompt if you don't have a win98 floppy or windows floppy
 
Old 10-08-2001, 07:27 PM   #6
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WOW, I had a similar problem and this fixed it. I must also give you my thanks.
 
  


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