RE: [SLE] Reinstalling LILO
- From: Ken Schneider <suse-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:57:07 -0500
On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 18:05 +0000, Geoff Waldron wrote:
That is correct. Welcome to the wonderful world of flex-ability and
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From: Ken Schneider [mailto:suse-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 28 February 2006 17:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [SLE] Reinstalling LILO
On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 15:29 +0000, Geoff Waldron wrote:
HelloWhat makes you think you need to get rid of grub? It is installed as the
I have a dual boot Thinkpad (R40 with XP / Linux) and want to remove
Ubuntu and install openSUSE without touching my M$ XP (required for
work). How do I uninstall GRUB, reinstate LILO / openSUSE, and leave
the M$ XP partition bootable from LILO? Linux partition maybe overwritten.
Thanks for all your help in advance.
default boot loader with SuSE.
The boot loaders looked different between SUSE and Ubuntu (sorry I'm still
learning), so I can just boot SUSE 10.0 DVD and install (reformat Ubuntu
partitions)?
choices also known as linux. If you have any other questions feel free
to ask, the only stupid question is the one that is -not- asked.
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Ken Schneider
UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
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