Anyone Familiar with LILO boot?

[Shard92]

Anyone know how to get Linux off a hard drive? I had one with LILO on before and Win98 fdisk and format wouldn't get rid of the partition and files. Is there something I need to do special to get rid of this stuff? I'm completely Linux illiterate, unfortunately! Any help would be appreciated!

GLSmith

[Damned Angel]

Try a utility like Zero Fill from Quantum, or you could also infect the drive with CIH and set the system clock back to the 26th...

[ReBoot]

Use the Linux boot disk, and Linux Fdisk to remove the Linux partition, then use the DOS Fdisk to reclaim the partition.

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[Shard92]

Thanks reboot but I don't have a linux boot disk or anything else linux here. Angel I kind of like your idea about using CIH, I wonder if I still have a copy of it around here somewhere.......

GLSmith

[CIMEBOAT]

You could use partition magic if you have it to delete the ext2 partition and with your win98 boot disk type fdisk /mbr at the a; prompt to delete the LILO.

[shawnMt]

Download Zap (in Windrivers utilities.) Put it on a bootable floppy.

a:\zap 0

Where zero is master disk. I have not found a drive/os it would not wipe.

[BAD.IRON]

Low level format the drive.

[goofball]

someday one of these "techs" are actually "low level format" and ruin that ide hard drive. true low level format can only be done at the factory, when you do a "low level" in the field you are zero filling, and it is not always the answer

[3fingersalute]

Yes, I would definitely reccomend infecting it with the CIH virus, then let me know how you got CIH to infect a Linux drive, because CIH does not affect Linux and if by some miracle you can, you my as well have a motherboard handy for when CIH fries out your BIOS too!1111

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[Shard92]

Hey guys thanks for the responses as always!! This one is on hold a little while as we got stacked up again, but in response:

Cimeboat: Thanks I haven't had much luck with the version of Part. Magic that we have but I might have something like it to get rid of it, then fdisk/mbr huh? I might just have to try that.

ShawnMt: what does Zap do? If it does what I think it does I might want it for other things also! When you say zero is the master do you mean as in drive0? Or do I need a drive letter in there?

Bad.iron & goofball: low level would be a last resort. Whatever low level I can do "in the field" is always a last resort type thing. I have had SOME success with it though.

3fingersalute: First of all,the CIH comment was a joke, or so it was taken as one, lighten up! Second, like I said I'm really not familiar with Linux, although I am familiar with CIH and know it is a 95/98 exe infector. Third, it only kills the bios if you leave the bios flashable, something I've never understood. I'd rather have the hassle of moving a jumper or flipping a switch then take the chance a virus will flash my bios!!

Anyway I will try some of these things when I have time

GLSmith

[shawnMt]

Zap will wipe the hell out of any drive in about 2 seconds. The command is "zap 0" as om the number zero

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