Remove lilo

From: david (david22_at_aol.com)
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:30:34 -0500

Hello,
How do I remove lilo and restablish the win 98 mbr on my machine? I'm
dual booting win98/linux.
When I boot the computer now I receive an error message just before the
lilo bootloader should appear. The lower half of the screen is filled
with 99 99 99 99..., and the computer freezes just before the lilo menu.
Thanks.

David

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