MBR Question

[Larry]

I attended the Linux World Expo and picked up a free copy of Xandros v2,
which I decided to put on my XP box (HD is 8 gig- XP is on 4 gig partition
(C drive), Xandros installed to remaining Unallocated free space).
After nemerous attempts to try to get it to work (It installed OK, but
always froze when trying to log on for first time), I decided to forget
about it and deleted the Linux Partition.
Every time the machine boots, it goes the the 'XANDROS' OS menu (Xandros as
default, XP number 4). If no choice is made, it still went to the Xandros
Screen -
Preparing Desktop
Loading Kernel
Initializing Kernel......
I have deleted and reformatted the drive using Partition Magic and reloaded
an image of my XP drive from 2 weeks before, but it still gives me the OS
menu (w Xandros as the default).
This is a pain when I try to run operations that reboot upon completion, and
if I'm not there, goes into "Xandros Mode" and sits till I can get to it and
reboot and select XP"
Does this have something to do with the MBR for the disk and how can I fix
it so it removes Xandros from the menu?
FWIW....
When it boots up, there's a quick line "LILO....." that flashes for second
before the OS menu choices appear.

LV

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[Richard Urban]

Why wouldn't you post this question to a Linux news group as
installing/removing the same is what screwed with your computer. They claim
to have thousands of knowledgeable people developing for Linux. Why not pick
their brains and ask them why they don't make their system more user
friendly. I tried it 3 years ago. Had a similar problem. I haven't touched
since!

--
Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

 

[Robert]

I attended the Linux World Expo and picked up a free copy of Xandros
v2, which I decided to put on my XP box (HD is 8 gig- XP is on 4 gig
partition (C drive), Xandros installed to remaining Unallocated free
space). After nemerous attempts to try to get it to work (It
installed OK, but always froze when trying to log on for first time),
I decided to forget about it and deleted the Linux Partition.
Every time the machine boots, it goes the the 'XANDROS' OS menu
(Xandros as default, XP number 4). If no choice is made, it still
went to the Xandros Screen -
Preparing Desktop
Loading Kernel
Initializing Kernel......
I have deleted and reformatted the drive using Partition Magic and
reloaded an image of my XP drive from 2 weeks before, but it still
gives me the OS menu (w Xandros as the default).
This is a pain when I try to run operations that reboot upon
completion, and if I'm not there, goes into "Xandros Mode" and sits
till I can get to it and reboot and select XP"
Does this have something to do with the MBR for the disk and how can
I fix it so it removes Xandros from the menu?
FWIW....
When it boots up, there's a quick line "LILO....." that flashes for
second before the OS menu choices appear.

LV

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Hi!
You need to do a low-level partition and format using the specific
utility available on your HD manufacturer's site.

 

[Baho Utot]

Why wouldn't you post this question to a Linux news group as
installing/removing the same is what screwed with your computer. They
claim to have thousands of knowledgeable people developing for Linux. Why
not pick their brains and ask them why they don't make their system more
user friendly. I tried it 3 years ago. Had a similar problem. I haven't
touched since!

You mindless windose people amaze me

Simple load windose boot loader,

format /mbr comes to mind.

Another clueless windows troll.

 

[Baho Utot]

Does this have something to do with the MBR for the disk and how can I fix
it so it removes Xandros from the menu?
FWIW....
When it boots up, there's a quick line "LILO....." that flashes for second
before the OS menu choices appear.

Simple load windose boot loader,

format /mbr comes to mind.

 

[Michael Heiming]

Why wouldn't you post this question to a Linux news group as
installing/removing the same is what screwed with your computer. They claim
to have thousands of knowledgeable people developing for Linux. Why not pick
their brains and ask them why they don't make their system more user
friendly. I tried it 3 years ago. Had a similar problem. I haven't touched
since!

Hu? Just another M$-OE top-posting idiot. All you need to do is AFAIR:

fdisk /mbr

But then, haven't used M$ stuff for ages.

 

[Michael C.]

You need to do a low-level partition and format using the specific
utility available on your HD manufacturer's site.

I presume you mean zero out the disk, I know it's common usage now, but
low-level format used to mean something much different that a user
shouldn't do.

I guess a low-level format would wipe the MBR which is the main problem,
but it's overkill. Boot into the recovery console and issue an:

fixmbr
exit

or if you have a dos/win9x disk around:

fdisk /mbr

Michael C.

 

[Dirk]

I attended the Linux World Expo and picked up a free copy of Xandros v2,
which I decided to put on my XP box (HD is 8 gig- XP is on 4 gig partition
(C drive), Xandros installed to remaining Unallocated free space).
After nemerous attempts to try to get it to work (It installed OK, but
always froze when trying to log on for first time), I decided to forget
about it and deleted the Linux Partition.
Every time the machine boots, it goes the the 'XANDROS' OS menu (Xandros as
default, XP number 4). If no choice is made, it still went to the Xandros
Screen -
Preparing Desktop
Loading Kernel
Initializing Kernel......
I have deleted and reformatted the drive using Partition Magic and reloaded
an image of my XP drive from 2 weeks before, but it still gives me the OS
menu (w Xandros as the default).
This is a pain when I try to run operations that reboot upon completion, and
if I'm not there, goes into "Xandros Mode" and sits till I can get to it and
reboot and select XP"
Does this have something to do with the MBR for the disk and how can I fix
it so it removes Xandros from the menu?
FWIW....
When it boots up, there's a quick line "LILO....." that flashes for second
before the OS menu choices appear.

LV

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The neatest solution is to use partition magic's "install standard MBR"
utility.

The other solutions are to use
dos "fdisk /mbr" or
NT/2000/XP console's FIXMBR, as other posters describedf.

Also for the windows people, linux CAN put the MBR that was there back into
place - lilo -u
Does windows preserve a copy of the MBR and provide a utility to restore it
? NO ,Microsoft OS's MBRs and installs its lousy MBR.