[ltp] Removing Grub

[Tino Keitel]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 08:06:12 -0400, Justin Nichomoff wrote:
> Would running FDISK also wipe out any of the partitions?  Would I have to 
> reinstall the OS?

I will just clear the boot block and wipe out the GRUB loader. The
partition table will not be touched.

> At 09:39 AM 8/12/2002 +0200, Tino Keitel wrote:
> >On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 14:58:43 -0400, Justin Nichomoff wrote:
> > > Is there any way to remove the Linux bootloader Grub and replace it with
> > > the Windows (NT / 2k / XP) bootloader without damaging either my 
> > Windows or
> > > Linux partitions?  I recently ran a recovery CD on my Windows partition
> > > (after Linux was installed) and it still did not replace the bootloader.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any advice.
> >
> >This seems to be a bug in all Windows recovery CDs. I also noticed this
> >behaviour with a recovery CD for a Toshiba Satellite. You can write a
> >new MRB with the MS-DOS FDISK command: fdisk /mbr will do the trick.
> >After that your TP will boot from the Windows Partition.

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