How to clean HD's Master Boot Record

[Ted1]

I have installed a Red Hat Linux 6.1 on a PC, and the LILO is loaded into the MBR.

Now I want to give the PC away to somebody who will use it as Windows PC. Unfortunately I don't get the LILO out of the MBR, what means that each time the PC is booting on the harddisk, it is booting as a LINUX machine.

I guess that low formatting the hardddisk might help - but how to do?

Or is there a direct way to remove LILO from the MBR?

 

[Tran23]

Not sure if this is the right parameter, or if it'll kill LILO, but i think its fdisk /mbr

 

[micron]

It should be fdisk /mbr

 

[SUOrangeman]

When Windows is installed, it *should* automagically take over the MBR.

-SUO

 

[DieselMan]

SUOrangeman, that is not the case with Windows 9x; with Windows NT/2000, I believe it should however.

Use:

fdisk /mbr

Always worked for me! 😉

 

[Ted1]

Thanks, all