Removed Mandrake machine still trys to start it

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freedom13 : 31/10/02 03:29 AM : Incident created -   I installed mandrake on a separate hard drive so that I could choose between Windows and Mandrake. The drive was to small so I have reformatted it prior to installing a new larger drive. When I boot the machine I get a screen asking me to choose Windows or Mandrake. I would like to delete this screen until I reinstall Mandrake because if I am not there to select Windows the machine trys to boot Mandrake and then crashes. My question is how do I remove this selection screen and boot straight to windows. Thanks
Linegod_7611 : 31/10/02 05:12 AM : Reply received -   That is LILO, which is installed in your Master Boot Record, so it is not actually part of the partition you installed Mandrake on. To get rid of it, boot with a DOS boot disk and type 'fdisk /MBR' -------- Note: If this answer resolves your problem, please remember to close this incident.
jimdunn_6089 : 31/10/02 11:26 AM : Reply received -   If you can't do it that way, then try this: This is what Mandrake advise you to do to rescue your system: Mandrake Linux comes with a rescue system on the first CD (list of contents) In case your CD-R drive isn't bootable, boot from a boot floppy (images are in the '/images' directory of the first CD). To start this rescue system, press the <F1> key and type rescue on the prompt at the bottom of the screen. Press the <ENTER> key. The rescue system will now boot from the CD, loading itself into system memory (at least 32 MB RAM needed). In Mandrake Linux 8.2 and later, you will be presented with a text menu listing the most common tasks you'd use the rescue system for: Re-install Boot Loader. This is useful if you've recently (re-)installed another operating system which erased the boot loader installed by Mandrake Linux. This operation will revert this so that you can start every configured operating system from the boot loader menu again. ====================================================================== YOU WOULD CHOOSE THIS OPTION BELOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Restore Windows Boot Loader. Upon installing the boot loader, Mandrake Linux makes a backup copy of the previous boot code. This operation writes this backup copy back to the boot sector, thus erasing the boot loader installed by Mandrake Linux. ===================================================================== Mount your partitions under /mnt. Use this if you want to access your Linux partitions on the hard drive from the console. The rescue system will make an educated guess which partitions to mount to what directories. Go to console. Starts a console without mounting any partitions. Might be useful if the rescue system can't figure out your partition scheme or if you have several Linux installations. Reboot. Well ... Doc. Read some good advice on using the rescue system. Upon booting, the rescue system will automatically try to mount any available Linux hard disk partitions, which can then be accessed via the '/ mnt' directory. The rescue needs only system memory to work, which means you can remove the CD after boot (e.g. to use the drive to mount another CD). The full article is at http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/admin/arecov.html Hope that gets you back up and running Don't forget to close the incident if it does :)
freedom13 : 03/11/02 08:13 PM : Incident closed -

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