On Sunday 09 September 2001 14:30 pm, civileme wrote: > On Sunday 09 September 2001 03:22, strab dogg wrote: > > Hello , > > > > I got a problem , my 2 hdd's are full and i need the space from the linux > > hdd . > > How can i uninstall Linux and LILO ? And how can i turn my hdd from linux > > filesystem to fat32 . > > > > I thought on part. magic . But i dont know how to do it neither how to > > uninstall lilo . > > > > Ok thank you > > > > Please help . > > Well, I am assuming you are using a dos-based windows. > > 1. Make a DOS boot floppy if you don't already have one > > 2. Boot into linux and login as root. > > 3. If you are in console mode, stay there. If you are in some desktop, > open up a terminal. > > 4. from the command line > > # fdisk /dev/hdb > > or hdc or hdd, whichever is the linux disk > > p prints the artition table on the screen > > d deletes a numbered partition > > keep on with p and d until all linux partitions and any extended partition > enclosing them are gone. > > w writes out the partition table to disk > > Then put your DOS boot floppy into the machine and > > # reboot > > When you get the A:> prompt from DOS > > A:> fdisk /mbr > > And yes the forward slash is correct. > > Remove the floppy and reset, Now you can use windows fdisk to partition the > space where linux was, and FORMAT E: ,etc to format the partitions you > make. > > Then no part of your computer will belong to you any longer, but If that is > what you choose, so be it. > > Civileme ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- I read these lists with great interest and learn a lot, but as I'm already 57 yrs old I don't think I'll make it onto the experts list. This one puzzles me however, how can you use a linux utility to remove the partitions that linux resides on. This sounds like the computing equivalent of sawing off the branch that you are sitting on. Any explanations gratefully received. -- Peter Watson
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