Okay, I finally got it all figured out...
after booting into rescue mode and typing fdisk /dev/hda I had to change the ID of the partition from linux to Win95 Fat 32. It works now. Thanks everyone -- nathan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Given" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Newbie Help" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 8:57 PM Subject: Re: [newbies] getting linux off my system > Also... > > when I type in "linux rescue" after putting my mandrake cd in, it gives me 4 > options... > > Re-install boot loader > Restore Windows boot loader > Go to console > Reboot > > > I have tried "Restore Windows boot loader"... but it said that a boot loader > didn't exist. > > I also tried putting my winders cd's back in but they don't boot, the > computer just sits there. Perhaps this is because when I created a new > partition with fdisk /dev/hda it made it a linux partition? > > Thanks > - > Nathna > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nathan Given" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Newbie Help" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 8:44 PM > Subject: Re: [newbies] getting linux off my system > > > > Okay... > > > > It won't boot off the windows cd's but it will boot off of the linux cd's > > (weird)... > > > > I stuck in one of my windows boot disks and ran fdisk... I was able to > > delete the Non-Dos partition, but it won't delete the "Extended dos > > partition" because it says logical drives exist. I try to delete logical > > drives but fdisk says there aren't any logical drives to delete. > > > > This is why I posted to the list in the first place... I didn't think it > > was going to be that easy... > > > > So, I've also tried booting of my Mandrake cd's... the only options seemed > > to be install... I hit "F2 for more options" but it doesn't say anything > > about rescue. > > > > Then I tried booting off my redhat cd's... it said, hit F5 for rescue > > boot... but it doesn't go into rescue... it wants to INSTALL redhat... I > > don't want to install redhat.... > > > > I put my mandrake cd's back in and tried booting... "linux rescue" it > > worked. > > > > So now I am able to get a command prompt, I tried "fdisk /dev/hda". So > now > > I am stuck with a menu similar to windows fdisk but with more > functionality. > > I was able to delete all my partitions using this menu... but everytime I > > add a partition then view the partitions, it shows it as a linux > partition. > > > > So... It was easier to get Windows off of my system then it is to get > linux > > off, shouldn't it be the other way around? (I'm frustrated right now.) > > > > How do I get windows back on my computer? > > > > Thanks > > -- > > Nathan > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Nathan Given" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 10:49 PM > > Subject: [newbies] getting linux off my system > > > > > > > Okay... I'm doing a shuffle of all my computers at home... I have a PII > > 333 > > > MHz that has Mandrake 9.0 on it that I need to take off, and I have a > > > Pentium 133 MHz that has windows on it that I am going format then put > > linux > > > on it... > > > > > > Here's my question... Is there an easy way to get linux (Mandrake 9.0) > > off > > > of my computer so I can put Windows on it? Last time Byron Clark had to > > > help me and it wasn't exactly an easy process. I just want to get rid > of > > my > > > linux partitions and create one big Windows partition... > > > > > > Thanks! > > > -- > > > Nathan > > > > > > PS For those of you that are cringing at this... The internet service > I > > > use is AOL and I get it for free... so in order for me to have internet > > at > > > home for FREE I need a computer with windows on it... My wife has been > > > using the slower computer for nearly a year now (133 MHz) and I finally > > > decided to let her have a faster computer (the 333 MHz that currently > has > > > linux). > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > newbies mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > newbies mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
