Subject: Mandrake 9,2 Uninstall


vijayk
Date: February 12, 2004 at 09:18:42 Pacific
Subject: Mandrake 9,2 Uninstall
OS: Mandrake 9.2
CPU/Ram: 700 Mhz

I have dual boot system now. Win Xp and Mandrakr Linux 9.2 on my laptop but mandrake is not booting when it comes to starting interface eth0 it gets stuck there forever. I have no option but to uninstall Mandrake. How do I uninstall mandrake and get rid of its boot loader



#1
taurus February 12, 2004 at 09:59:26 Pacific

From Windows XP, run

fixmbr

Then, go into Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Disk Management. Hightlight the partition with Mandrake on and run a format!!!

taurus



#2
vijayk February 12, 2004 at 14:27:25 Pacific

How do I run FixMbr? can you explain me steps



#3
Jake February 12, 2004 at 16:11:12 Pacific

Are you sure it gets stuck forever? It's probably trying to get an IP address by DHCP. It should timeout after a few minutes. Once you get in, you can change the configuration so it doesn't wait for DHCP next time you boot.



#4
3Dave February 13, 2004 at 07:42:52 Pacific

...or you can start it by going into single user or multi user non-networked mode by typing either "linux 1" or "linux 2" at the lilo/grub boot prompt. Doing this should bypass trying to start your NIC. Once in you should be able to reconfigure your network with either ifconfig or the mandrake tool draknet.