debian uninstallation

tiger99 · 03-21-2004, 10:39 AM

Hi
My debian installation wasn't very successful and I want to do an uninstallation. I was just wondering what are the steps to uninstall the OS and are there anything that I need to be aware of?

Thanks in advance

Demonbane · 03-21-2004, 10:44 AM

Just delete/format the partition(s)
If a bootloader is install in the MBR you may need to remove that as well(if you don't intend to reinstall Linux)

tiger99 · 03-21-2004, 10:50 AM

Does deleting all the Linux partition(s) also remove the bootloader in the MBR? or are there any additional steps I need to perform to remove the bootloader?

Thanks

Demonbane · 03-21-2004, 10:55 AM

No deleting these partitions won't affect the bootloader in the MBR, how you can remove it will depend on what's left in your system, if you have Windows you can boot with a win98 bootdisk and restore it with "fdisk /mbr".

JJX · 03-21-2004, 10:55 AM

fdisk /mbr
delete debian partitions
u just killed a penguin

tiger99 · 03-21-2004, 11:12 AM

I have winxp but I don't have win98 bootdisk. Is there any other way to fdisk/mbr? I have debian custom bootdisk, will it work?

Thanks

Demonbane · 03-21-2004, 11:14 AM

Boot with the winxp cd, and do "fixmbr" in the recovery console.

JJX · 03-21-2004, 11:23 AM

http://www.bootdisk.com/

tvn · 03-21-2004, 01:12 PM

if you install winxp now, its loader will take over the mbr I believe ---