How to remove Linux boot entry?

This is the bootloader, which is entirely seperate from the OS.

Assuming you use Windows NT, 2000, 2003, or XP:

Do you have a Windows 2000 or XP install CD available? If so, boot off of it, enter the Recovery Console when available, and enter the below command:

fixmbr

And NTLDR (Windows NT bootloader) should replace grub, which is what currently inhabits your MBR (or did Mandrake use lilo... either way, it'll be replaced).

Assuming you use a Windows 9x variant (98, 98SE, ME):

Boot into DOS by your best means, and run:

fdisk /mbr

This will replace the bootloader Linux uses with the standard Windows one.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by eriol

Hmm, currently I'm running winxp. But here I face another problem: my xp is a set of pre-installed from the Acer hardware. I couldn use it to enter recovery console. Could i use the method for win98 instead? how do I make a bootable diskette from XP?

That would only work if your disk is FAT32, I believe. As DOS (the variants you get with Windows) is incapable of reading an NTFS partition, you cannot run fdisk within it, to my knowledge. First, see if Acer gave you any disks that mention Recovery capability, though do be careful about using them.

If someone knows more about this than I do, feel free to correct me.

As to how to get the Recovery Console, go here, and grab the floppies it talks about (you need six in total). They should contain Recovery Console capability.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Ah. I was under the impression that, since DOS can't read NTFS, it won't know about the drive's existence if all partitions under it were of that type.

This assumption would then be incorrect?

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