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i had linux on hd, with anouther partition, so i booted up off of mac install dvds, reformated 2 disks (which were the linux ones) to dos, and now i ahve three partitions, 1 348.8 mb one, one 7.3 gb one, and a 48 gb one. i trid using bootcamp, but it didn't work. any help!!

 

also, when i do refit, it still says that there's a linux to boot up in

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grub or lilo?

 

grub is like a permenant marker, hard to erase.

if you have a win98 floppy laying around try fdisk/MBR and that will get rid of the linux bootloader.

 

 

 

 

i had linux on hd, with anouther partition, so i booted up off of mac install dvds, reformated 2 disks (which were the linux ones) to dos, and now i ahve three partitions, 1 348.8 mb one, one 7.3 gb one, and a 48 gb one. i trid using bootcamp, but it didn't work. any help!!

 

also, when i do refit, it still says that there's a linux to boot up in

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If you've installed Grub to the MBR then reformatting your Linux partition will not get rid of Grub. Even if you do still want to reinstall Linux I would do fix the MBR with your XP Install disk in recovery mode and start fresh.

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Boot from XP installation CD: Recovery Console: fixmbr

 

Instead of allowing Linux to overwrite your MBR, install GRUB or LILO on the root (/) partition and use Acronis OS Selector.

 

Edit: I see now that you have a MacBook, so the above might not apply to you.

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Do you still want linux or not?

 

no, i don't

 

if i fix my mbr, will i have to reinstall mac on my macbook, or will bootcamp get rid of the partition?

 

Boot from XP installation CD: Recovery Console: fixmbr

 

Instead of allowing Linux to overwrite your MBR, install GRUB or LILO on the root (/) partition and use Acronis OS Selector.

 

it' s mac, justso you know, and to the second part. What??????

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MBR is on a special part of the disk kind of like the EFI parttion although MBR is not visible. Next time install grub on the partition ie. dev/sda3 and not /dev/sda.

 

I don't think you need to install if you boot off a windows xp disk. then go to a recover console and type fixmbr.

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no wait till it stops on that blue screen asking you to install. Youll see some options there. I thinks its the second one. Its "recovery console".

 

 

So just wait till it loads all the drivers and gives you a screen to choose what you want to do. Pick the recovery option.

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