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exiztone
10-21-2001, 12:31 PM
I have redhat 7.1 and I need to uninstall it asap
its on a 4gig partition at the end of a 20gig hd
I thought I could just format that partition
but then I thought it may not be as simple as windows,
so, can anyone help me here?
X_console
10-21-2001, 12:40 PM
First, use Linux's fdisk to delete the Linux partitions. If you're running LILO on the MBR, you'll want to get rid of it using a DOS bootdisk. Pop it in, reboot, type fdisk /mbr. Then us DOS fdisk to create partitions for Windows and format them.
exiztone
10-21-2001, 01:08 PM
eh, i'm a newbie so coud ya drive it into lamens terms a bit heheh, well I have partition magic right, could I not delete linux and format the partion back to fat32.
see, im afraid it might screw up my computer
seeing theres like bootup choices n stuff
so, is it possible just to delete it, like you would with windows?
X_console
10-21-2001, 01:22 PM
Ok. Pop in your Linux CD and start the installation again. When you're asked to create Linux partitions, delete the current Linux partitions you have and then write the data to the disk. You should now have no Linux partitions. Now you can manipulate it with Partition Magic.

You didn't mention if you use LILO or not. If you did, and you installed LILO on your MBR, then you'll find that LILO will start up even though Linux is gone. If this bothers you, create an MS-DOS boot disk. Boot with it and then when you see the A:\ prompt, type fdisk /mbr to permanently get rid of LILO.

Hope that's clearer.
exiztone
10-21-2001, 04:16 PM
I dont know if its lilo or not, I dont know what that is, I have partition magic, cant I just format that partition with that?
exiztone
10-21-2001, 04:54 PM
alright, I see if I empty my mbr I can just delete linux, but how do i empty the mbr?
bdg1983
10-21-2001, 05:00 PM
Just use Partition Magic and delete all the Linux ext2/swap partitions and recreate as fat32.

MBR as already suggested.
Vagrant
10-21-2001, 05:57 PM
remove linux? .. um do a search on google for a program called "hd_kill.com" , should work for ya ..
*vagrant
kormoc
10-21-2001, 11:37 PM
open Partition magic
Delete Linux Partition
Resize Windows Partion
Save
Reboot
Run Command.com
run fdisk /mbr
reboot
and it should all be gone