Re: [newbie] How do I wipe the MBR?

[John Aldrich]

On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> I'm trying to re-install WinNT on hda, but every time I try to boot, 
> Lilo jumps in and asks what I want to boot.  I need to get rid of that 
> temporarily.  How do I do it?
> 
> I've tried Linuxconf from KDE, but it doesn't stop it.
> 
Boot to a Dos/Windows floppy (but make a Linux boot floppy
first -- otherwise you won't be able to access your Linux!
If you don't know how, read the man page on mkbootdisk.)
Run "fdisk /mbr" and it will give you a clean
Dos/Windows boot sector.