> you need to do a "fdisk /mbr" from a bootable windoze floppy
> alternatively boot from linux boot disk and do fdisk, delete all partitions.
I need to ask a question concerning this issue.
What if I don't want to get rid of the MBR -- it will destroy the OS
on that drive.  How do I remove lilo without the above fdisk
> MBR (NT). Anyone know how i can do this? linux is entirely gone and no boot

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> > you need to do a "fdisk /mbr" from a bootable windoze floppy
> > alternatively boot from linux boot disk and do fdisk, delete all partitions.
> I need to ask a question concerning this issue.
> What if I don't want to get rid of the MBR -- it will destroy the OS
> on that drive.  How do I remove lilo without the above fdisk
fdisk /mbr will restore a dos MBR.. it'll leave the partitions alone.
linux fdisk and deleting all partitions will actually leave LILO in the

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