removing boot loader

GraemeK · 01-25-2004, 10:32 AM

Hi,

i've had a go at getting Fedora to work and yes it does but it wouldnt detect my network card which is an intergrated Nforce Nvidia chipset.

I downloaded the drivers from Nvidia and attempted to build them but got so many errors...

i tried to format the mbr so i can return to windows 2000 without grub poping up and it didnt work?

how can i remove the grun boot loader so linux for now is gone?

thanks!

Bruce Hill · 01-25-2004, 10:45 AM

Use a boot disk and type
fdisk /mbr
and if you don't have a boot disk you'll have to use your
Win2K install CD and go into the recovery mode and then
from there you can run fixmbr

GraemeK · 01-25-2004, 10:49 AM

i'm trying the boot disk method now... fixmbr from the recovery console didnt do a thing!?

Bruce Hill · 01-25-2004, 10:53 AM

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Originally posted by GraemeK
i'm trying the boot disk method now... fixmbr from the recovery console didnt do a thing!?

Hey, are you going back to Windows only? Try Slack before you
totally give up on *nix. Not nearly as much body fat as Fedora :}

btw - good article on diets...so true

GraemeK · 01-25-2004, 10:57 AM

cheers mate... i'll consider it! thought i'd try fedora because i love the rpm format etc but i got a feelin my network device aint gonna be found by any distro and the compling caused tones of errors....

GraemeK · 01-25-2004, 11:06 AM

just did a fixmbr from the recovery console and it worked..... if anyone knows how to get the nforce chipset working easily in linux please let me know!
G

Bruce Hill · 01-25-2004, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by GraemeK
cheers mate... i'll consider it! thought i'd try fedora because i love the rpm format etc but i got a feelin my network device aint gonna be found by any distro and the compling caused tones of errors....

If you need help with those specific drivers, try searching the LQ forums - and
Nvidia has it's own forum, also. I've picked up some good pointers from them,
and they seem to be committed to Linux with their driver support. And if you
really want to use *nix, a NIC only costs a little bit. Hope we can help you
stick with it longer.

GraemeK · 01-25-2004, 11:11 AM

nah i'm not ditching linux! i use it to host my site and use it as my email server. just thought i'd give it a go as a desktop... the nic was the only thing linux didnt pick up!
i'll check out nvida's forums also...they have rpm's for RH 9 but not fedora! lol