I told him this; his reply 'no dice'. I think XP isn't as based on DOS as the other Microsoft OS's
On Fri, 2002-04-26 at 16:07, Jerry Feldman wrote: > The DOS fdisk command with the /mbr paramerter should wipe out LILO. > > > On 26 Apr 2002 at 15:44, Alexander Gallichon wrote: > > > Alright, on the behalf of this friend of a friend who recently installed > > mandrake, here's the problem, he wasn't supposed to install mandrake. > > > > To be more specific the kids problem lies with LILO's presence on the > > MBR. His father is to arrive home sometime in the next three hours and > > isn't to know of linux's existence on the disk as he feels that it's > > pirated or something and his son wasn't supposed to be playing around > > with such things as the OS. > > > > His situation is like this, he's dual-booting Windows XP and Mandrake > > and he needs to get rid of LILO (he's got a boot floppy). I showed him > > some links that may have related information like the Linux > > Documentation Project and other useful places but nothing has yet to > > work. > > > > He's a bit strapped for time (3 hours mentioned above) so at > > approx.6:30pm this is no longer a problem for better or worse. > > > > If you've got any advice and have a grudge against 'reply-all' then his > > e-mail address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Most covertly, > > > > Alex Gallichon > > > > PS I realize this deceitfulness is wrong, but another Linux user may > > come out of his success. > > > > > > > > > -- > Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Associate Director > Boston Linux and Unix user group > http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 > PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 > > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** > -- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org mQGiBDzEP9MRBACnPBkSiM2qNR/qHBcic3NMHxsmCZX8HjbWYEZfQHPQHRwgu06Y fMyu4RVZgbZ3DfghVUK7Scmur3GhuXlvlCbXReVhp3mZyR+yZ+2gotq6mse5rxt1 RHteW76MRHgbk0fWUxo1/fe1wCXHyXyL20DUT35uxC68WD8XFbrYgEdXNwCgnaYr 3AjmmRYSwGPOveGS3p2DlmcD/3L76YpoF+C9rf7WpuX5YlQHCnZofWkdDbmT9mvp TbKUzXCH32PPO3LyZFNQU7+AIbdrkgUN8TKjuqwFkWhGufP8tNMcPWyoH4wG7jJA UQ6ip9OGWwA/BZ3eZzl3HcDBP5mr2S+nY5fux0M+EzMDobYZw2wYvZCHfuQE9V8K NQQTA/9xe+nBnaQF8a3yuTa4DgRjNDz5eQ3XYa0+bVvUrXJzs3+E4Cjk2iTZL/55 B+cpXdbbepF3wCbs2eENHi35k0Qe2DnqEKSXeqtZVB+a4cw6AcU0r7wd2/S+8SGT EAUyHPsFegEWLBn8MDcZZe8kcSFd8nG16lfusOEDCxOezvkaZbQpQWxleGFuZGVy IEdhbGxpY2hvbiA8cm9vdEByZWRjcm93YmFyLmNvbT6IXQQTEQIAHQUCPMQ/0wUJ AeEzgAULBwoDBAMVAwIDFgIBAheAAAoJEL1Grd8GU265WDgAoII7eA4YWHUZ3R1G 00IWICtMeUYAAJ9My+6nuR4I2ooPXkG4ZnUg5mIGebkEDQQ8xEXoEBAA+YilerAw sFZwnZMUb/W+AuBYX6EUC2QTtauKiFtB+2TUF91N/00PP1INUojAUaTlJjBfiqy8 CWzPMrqV3eR/+630z/Yze2JO/kkqmDRv9PipXewz9qQlIcMJkfK6cMWxUqjN8hOJ 2MjDM4qj6Q2/3zjDbc2dMoXN0FOBEjv2LLVM1mOINcxg+JhtK2r2efqu1DYbj4Ms jEreW0rVXDvja78zCLD3xjcm5aDtMuEFmBqrarDpd2RTgJrLv0rl3syXY/eoaV7K M2w6TJrq8gLR1GbMTjur10RJAPfrSAq8vhEhDakphR6QZkIx7FgwsqnSewDMJFCb YwjlBUQhT8hAvzhCSBZYx6wPkZYLOtT+zry4L/nxAG8WcV9wRoQU9dli/IkCn/sS me8PS5S6ZeNvVtWZAx0ol5pcQBtFXnHF9la3EEJEJb+aUiAwPDjXA0sA8Rf6LGAK N2jyB7sWxtN3yGeeC0WFn6MjkiCR+YL8WDzJkb8o/6gQvleeVoZusEBAexs8zCP/ UmXu7xI7CzP0iMEXnpMWimUtHB+ZRLMZUqE1cSwMcSsP33pUGZfVi45Yh4oFn9gr brMybFmw6uA3gnVnBI9eq1TTgYLWExzzMtGosk+po+UiiKGztlh2TYVc4W+PijPG /ciDohoH9l2L9njckUVgK6FY8Rs2rbzCY+cABAsP/A0B9oIfGmAQ7ypaktH3kSos EZk+3OMRDwTjAoXbDjWP1zdDBAy1Mg0/8Vbq7Nkmrb2Om+wX4STa65QURvgl/1MC AzzUUrGnSBrLMet5llwg9SndJSkUAls5nnfWWT5+x7LTw27p+dh+8IWCkhhC1x3Q YgIedG3ozFbvMWihpO3p92xKaWF18TwCpwiTgRC8NHT1kTcQ0+d5ZrlHmnqMCIKj QCUGIGdn5AtEeC/yZEPHH1F927yceiYSY1mM38AC4WhAjPcP/zfo1WXFg3AnyNJ2 euv2ApJ9ZjvuCv9aEqt9/e3MZukpyKRLBv8xCTHIRdl6CTib1j/UnW8u9dzq40y6 Bx6MviesURh1BoeKUUkZ67KB/9jiO0WgE9s9xHml+UJcGxDc2sGNMTUm+5Oq7qKS uSLYDUg4HS/7XJ777OffJsIeJezG4iDkYFbZim3WJnC3y07WZQZnen/WT3l0YDmc mcJ/Ct/AJFbW6iG5bK0cCGxnH/KUEqSA2pMsvauUU2dSIeBqgwUAFhMQrXtBj+lK NCvuijnjWaxT3ScU53aD1wpWg4JG/jQt1X1OoEWs3EuQd/ozfgjhKCuuAJDaSyGb oBMdeHBx069TiKTK1lyvypPP3NfI3a7BykhaCwFcpFhX4u0q0o0qaYFf99fZp9l/ ruKVT8KCc7NKlma4PHhXiEwEGBECAAwFAjzERegFCQHhM4AACgkQvUat3wZTbrld jQCdE3+6PCFlQz+UOcIMZ8mgcTl3jMQAnAsDG77OCBna3WCE9I9kDuBkaLde =mBe4 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
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