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remove LILO OS chooser from boot
Name: allen Date: October 22, 2002 at 14:39:29 Pacific OS: Win98 CPU/Ram: PII 128MB
Comment:
I've removed all Linux partitions from my win98/linux dual system. And now when I reboot, it's still trying to load the LILO OS chooser. I'm sure there's a file which directs the system to load the LILO program. Anyone knows what that file is? I want to remove the entry there so that I can boot the Win98 directly like I used to have. Thanks for your help.
Name: ashoksagar Date: October 22, 2002 at 15:10:04 Pacific
Reply:
In reality lilo writes information on the mbr (master boot record). So just removing the linux partitions won't get you rid of that annoying lilo prompt. What you need to do is get a windows 98 boot disk and use it to boot your computer then at the command prompt type " fdisk /mbr" (without the quotes), this will clear your mbr of lilo and you will get your straight boot into windows back. Have fun!!!
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Response Number 2
Name: ashoksagar Date: October 22, 2002 at 15:11:29 Pacific
Reply:
"fdisk /mbr" without the quote marks after booting from a win98 boot disk will get you rid of lilo.
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