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Old 11-06-2011, 11:26 PM   #1
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Post Uninstall GRUB(2?) from Grub Rescue prompt.


I had lubuntu(11.10) but I'm moving to a new computer so I thought I'd do some experimenting on my computer(I don't keep any important stuff on it its all on a different one) so while on the path to installing FreeDOS withought distroying xp I formatted the drive Linux was on (I have two hard drives: one for windows and one for whatever I want; excluding windows no os has managed to stay on my system longer than a month, I get tired of it and remove it.)
Then GRUB came up sayn'
Cant find drive: supercalifragalisticexpelalidoshous
grub rescue>

So is there a way to remove it from there or should I just repeat a past accsedent and install GAG over it?

Thanks.

PS
Is FreeDOS Linuxy enough to be on these forums?
It is free after all.
 
Old 11-07-2011, 05:04 PM   #2
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You will have to install another boot-loader to overrwrite the MBR code.
 
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