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How to remove Linux boot entry?
Help me... I installed mandrake Linux 9.1 a week ago. I installed it without using Partition magic, so in the end, everytime I boot my computer, mandrake linux OS choice will be shown up, even though I have formatted the linux partition. help me please... :1zhelp:
Jam it back in, in the dark. |
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: Code:
fixmbr Assuming you use a Windows 9x variant (98, 98SE, ME): Boot into DOS by your best means, and run: Code:
fdisk /mbr There's nowhere I can't reach. |
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
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?
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
I was speaking idiomatically. |
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. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
fdisk /mbr and fixmbr do the same thing. Either one will work on an XP system.
FELIPE NO |
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? Most amazing jew boots |
Jam it back in, in the dark. |
And for the record, it's DOS, not FDISK, that can't handle NTFS. NTFS is just one way of formatting a Windows Partition. Sort of like how you can format a partition of type 83 (Linux) in ext2, ext3, reiser3, reiser4, xfs, jfs, or a variety of file systems. fdisk doesn't care how it's formatted. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
Currently I'm running fat32 for my windows system disk. it's possible to use the win98 method isn it? (the DOS way) Double Post: case closed. all problem fixed. thx a lot guys! This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
Last edited by eriol33; Mar 7, 2006 at 02:12 AM.
Reason: Automerged double post.
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