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| 163037 | 2003-07-26 09:56:00 | I loaded Linux Mandrake 9.1 on to a 1gb hard drive, and it wont run on my machine,i cant get it to boot at all.No graphics at all. So know i want to reformat the hard drive and put windows back on it Can someone tell me how can i do it .Thanks Alan |
awoof (1092) | ||
| 163038 | 2003-07-26 10:31:00 | What do you mean no graphics at all? Do you at least have a command line? You could try: startx that'll get you a GUI if so. Otherwise, you're gonna want a 98 boot disk unless you're installing Win2K or WinXP, coz they can remove partitions from within the installer! Boot off the Disk and run Fdisk /mbr This will clear the master boot record of the Linux boot loader Then run Fdisk You want to Remove Non-DOS partition, and then create a Primary Partition (Using all available space). Keep in mind there's likely to be 3 or so partitions to remove. From there, begin as normal :-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 163039 | 2003-07-26 11:26:00 | I have not installed Mandrake 9.1 but I think you would be lucky to fit it onto 1Gbyte with a GUI?? | JohnD (509) | ||
| 163040 | 2003-07-27 04:03:00 | Did it actually install? I'm sure you would not get a GUI. :D Does the DOS/Win FDISK not wipe the Linux partitions? I have heard that there can be problems with bugs in the MS FDISK, but I've never had any (I don't switch back :D). If you can get a prompt ("#", probably), in Linux (from breaking out of the installation perhaps? ...), do dd if = /dev/zero of = /dev/hda bs=1024 count=72 That should make it look like a nice clean disk to MS. :D |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 163041 | 2003-07-27 05:05:00 | Boot from a BootDisk (Win98) select DOS command-line Type FDisk -/mbr Remove BootDisk Reboot Windows should now be back! :-) At least, that was my experience ... |
PJ Mahan (4228) | ||
| 163042 | 2003-07-27 07:15:00 | i did what Chilling_Silently susgested and it worked perfectly Thanks to all Alan |
awoof (1092) | ||
| 163043 | 2003-07-28 00:03:00 | I agree that its not likely that you would have installed X or a Window Manager in that small amount of space. I struggled with Redhat 7.x to install it on 900MB. I rarely get a good setup done in under 1.2Gigs with Redhat 8/9 now :-) FDisk does kill the linux partitions FDisk /mbr clears the boot loader Then when you're in FDisk, if you remove the Non-DOS partitions, its just like you're removing an NTFS partition, seeing as Win98 doesnt like NTFS ;-) Good to hear it went smoothly then :-) Cheers Chill. |
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