Re: How to uninstall Linux

Thanks to all that contributed.
Your solutions worked perfectly
Regards

On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Keith Auerbach wrote:

>  To uninstall linux altogether, go thru the 6.2 setup again in text mode until
> you get to fdisk. Delete all the partitions. Then save this to the partition
> table. Now go back two steps, and save this. Now reboot with whatever windows
> media you're going to use, and your linux O.S. will be gone, because the
> partions are gone. Proceed normally with the Windows setup.
> 
> Kwaku Awuye-Kpobi wrote:
> 
> > I install linux 6.2 on a laptop and I want to unistall it all together and
> > get windows running on it
> > Any help would be appreciated
> > Thanks
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Michael S. Cross <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 5:48 PM
> > Subject: Re: Kernel "is too big"
> >
> > > Thanks for your help!  Boy, I sure feel like an idiot ... I
> > >  cut-n-pasted the wrong line ...
> > >
> > > > Try using (or creating) the vmlinuz file instead of the vmlinux file.
> > > > The final z means that it is compressed.
> > >
> > > and
> > >
> > > > Normaly the kernel boots from the compressed version: vmlinuz (instead
> > of
> > > > vmlinux). Check in /etc/lilo.conf that the image directive points to the
> > 'z'
> > > > version and not the 'x' one.
> > >
> > >
> > > I wrote:
> > > >> msc# lilo -v
> > > >> LILO version 21, Copyright 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
> > > >>
> > > >> Reading boot sector from /dev/hda
> > > >> Merging with /boot/boot.b
> > > >> Boot image: /boot/vmlinux-2.2.19-6.2.16
> > > >> Kernel /boot/vmlinux-2.2.19-6.2.16 is too big
> > >
> > >
> > > One of these days I'll figure out how to reply to an article
> > >  within the digest of messages, but this will do for now.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks again,
> > >
> > > Mike Cross
> > > [email protected]
> > >
> > >
> > >
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