[UCLA-LUG] how do i Uninstall linux
Gareth J. Greenaway
gareth@wiked.org
Mon, 14 Feb 2000 21:18:02 +0000 (GMT)
remove the partition and remove lilo from the MBR (fdisk /mbr IIRC from a
dos boot disk).
On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Luis wrote:
> I was wondering how do i un install linux from my machine. I don't need it
> on my machine any more. I plane on installing it other machine. so can some
> one help me out, or show me were i could go to read about it.
>
>
> Thank you .
>
> Luis
>
>
>
> At 06:28 AM 2/14/00 -0800, you wrote:
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> > 1. booting and video problems (Kevin Wada)
> > 2. Re: booting and video problems (witten@linux.ucla.edu)
> > 3. Re: booting and video problems (Mark Fasheh)
> > 4. tcsh (Denis)
> > 5. Re: remove (ex99civic@aol.com)
> > 6. Re: tcsh (Frederick Lee)
> >
> >--__--__--
> >
> >Message: 1
> >Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 14:02:51 -0800
> >From: "Kevin Wada" <kwada@ucla.edu>
> >To: <linux@linux.ucla.edu>
> >Subject: [UCLA-LUG] booting and video problems
> >Reply-To: linux@linux.ucla.edu
> >
> > I had linux installed at the install fest last week and a couple
> > problems weren't able to be resolved. When I boot up, the computer is
> > supposed to ask whether to boot win 98 or linux. However, after linux was
> > installed this never happened because lilo (i think that's what it's
> > called) wasn't installed properly. In order to get into linux now i must
> > boot up win 98, shut down into ms dos mode, and load linux through dos.
> > This is a pain and i was hoping there is someway i can get the computer
> > to prompt me at boot up which OS to load.
> > Also, when i boot win 98 a strange screen appears that says Compaq
> > Quick Restore: Ready to format first hard drive petitions. I just have to
> > hit escape to get past the screen but it scares me every time i see it
> > because i think it's going to reformat my hard drive if i accidently push
> > the wrong button one day. This screen started appearing after linux was
> > installed so please tell me if u know what i should do.
> > I was told at the install fest that my video adapter is not
> > supported in the version of linux that was installed. I have an Intel 810
> > chipset on my motherboard that acts as the video card. How do i install
> > the proper drivers for it so i can get my resolution past 640 x 480.
> > I also can't connect to the internet when in linux. I guess my
> > network card also doesn't have the right drivers or something.
> > However, my biggest complaint is that linux is slow! My gawd, it
> > takes at least 20 seconds to load minesweeper and over a minute to load
> > netscape! I know its got to be better than this but right now i'm really
> > unimpressed. I'm sure it's not running optimally since my configuration
> > is so crappy right now but its speed as of now is terrible.
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I really want to like linux
> > but right now it's ugly and slow and a pain to load up! I wasn't able to
> > go to the newbie night either so i'm really screwed as to knowing how to
> > use this OS. Sorry this e-mail is so long but i really need help.
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Kevin
> >
> >--__--__--
> >
> >Message: 2
> >Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 14:48:59 -0800
> >To: linux@linux.ucla.edu
> >Subject: Re: [UCLA-LUG] booting and video problems
> >From: <witten@linux.ucla.edu>
> >Reply-To: linux@linux.ucla.edu
> >
> >On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 02:02:51PM -0800, Kevin Wada wrote:
> > > I had linux installed at the install fest last week and a couple
> > > problems weren't able to be resolved. When I boot up, the computer is
> > > supposed to ask whether to boot win 98 or linux. However, after linux
> > > was installed this never happened because lilo (i think that's what
> > > it's called) wasn't installed properly. In order to get into linux
> > > now i must boot up win 98, shut down into ms dos mode, and load linux
> > > through dos. This is a pain and i was hoping there is someway i can
> > > get the computer to prompt me at boot up which OS to load.
> >
> >If I recall correctly, your computer did not like LILO (in other words, LILO
> >wouldn't install on it), so we had to resort to the "load Linux via DOS"
> >method. Another approach you could take is loading Linux via a boot floppy.
> >Try the command "mkbootdisk" as root.
> >
> > > Also, when i boot win 98 a strange screen appears that says Compaq
> > > Quick Restore: Ready to format first hard drive petitions. I just
> > > have to hit escape to get past the screen but it scares me every time
> > > i see it because i think it's going to reformat my hard drive if i
> > > accidently push the wrong button one day. This screen started
> > > appearing after linux was installed so please tell me if u know what
> > > i should do.
> >
> >This screen shows up because some Linux information is residing on the first
> >partition of your harddisk, and your Compaq BIOS thinks that the disk is
> >unformatted because of that.
> >
> >I think that you can remove this Linux boot information and rely solely on a
> >boot floppy that you make. Who was working on this system at the install
> >fest? Will LILO on a boot floppy boot this system if there's no boot info on
> >the first partition of the disk? Or, maybe there's a way to disable the
> >Compaq BIOS warning screen.
> >
> > > I was told at the install fest that my video adapter is
> > > not supported in the version of linux that was installed. I have an
> > > Intel 810 chipset on my motherboard that acts as the video card. How
> > > do i install the proper drivers for it so i can get my resolution
> > > past 640 x 480.
> >
> >This chipset is supported, but only in the newest version of XFree86. You
> >can probably grab XFree86 version 3.3.6 from the beta of Red Hat 6.2,
> >available here:
> >ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat-6.2beta/i386/RedHat/RPMS/
> >
> >Just download the XFree86*.rpm files and then run:
> >rpm -Fvh *.rpm
> >
> >This will upgrade all the XFree86 packages that you have installed. Then,
> >run Xconfigurator and your Intel video chipset should work.
> >
> > > I also can't connect to the internet when in linux. I guess my network
> > > card also doesn't have the right drivers or something.
> >
> >What network card (brand and model) is it?
> >
> > > However, my biggest complaint is that linux is slow! My gawd, it takes
> > > at least 20 seconds to load minesweeper and over a minute to load
> > > netscape! I know its got to be better than this but right now i'm
> > > really unimpressed. I'm sure it's not running optimally since my
> > > configuration is so crappy right now but its speed as of now is
> > > terrible.
> >
> >This slowness is very likely related to your video chipset. The 810 is one
> >of those onboard video chips that shares its RAM with the system RAM (unlike
> >most video cards, which have their own separate video RAM). Drivers that do
> >not take this into account, such as the generic video driver you're probably
> >using now, make the system perform really poorly.
> >
> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I really want to like linux but
> > > right now it's ugly and slow and a pain to load up! I wasn't able to
> > > go to the newbie night either so i'm really screwed as to knowing how
> > > to use this OS. Sorry this e-mail is so long but i really need help.
> >
> >I hope you can get at least some of these problems resolved. We have a lot
> >of weird hardware brought to install fests and I know how frustrating it can
> >be to have hardware that Linux doesn't support well. But with a new video
> >driver and a boot floppy, your Linux experiences may improve.
> >
> >If you do get too frustrated with all this and want to delete Linux at any
> >point, let us know and we can help you with doing that. But I think that you
> >have a very good chance of getting a fully-functional Linux system.
> >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Kevin
> >
> >--
> >Dan Helfman
> >UCLA Linux Users Group: http://www.linux.ucla.edu
> >My GnuPG key: http://torsion.org/witten/public-key.txt
> >
> >--__--__--
> >
> >Message: 3
> >Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 14:52:17 -0800 (PST)
> >From: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@linux.ucla.edu>
> >To: linux@linux.ucla.edu
> >Subject: Re: [UCLA-LUG] booting and video problems
> >Reply-To: linux@linux.ucla.edu
> >
> >
> >For the compaq quickrestore thingy, there is a line in your autoexec.bat
> >file you need to remove. I honestly forget which one it is, but by
> >looking at the paths and filenames, you should be able to turn it off.
> >
> >Another way to boot your system without lilo, is to make a boot disk.
> >This way, all you'll need to do is pop the disk in, and reboot. Do this
> >at the prompt (as the root user) by typeing:
> >$ /sbin/mkbootdisk 2.2.12-20
> >
> >AFAIK the i810 chipset is supported by Xfree86 3.3.6 -- no 3-D though :(
> >You might want to download the latest RPMS for this version of X. One way
> >is to d/l them from RedHat's ftp site, under the 6.2 beta.
> >
> >Can you let us know what type of Network card you have? In windows, you
> >can usually tell this by right-clicking on My computer, and looking at
> >'Network Adapters' under device configuration.
> >
> >Hrm. Netscape is one of the more unstable, and poorly performing programs
> >I run, so you're not alone there. Is your sound configured? If not, try
> >typeing the command
> >$ rm -rf /tmp/.esd
> >Sometimes the ESound Daemon doesn't load, but decides not to clean up
> >after itself -- Gnome then hangs waiting for a connection from esd. Also,
> >if you're more of a newbie, than you might want to use KDE, which is IMHO
> >more polished, and very friendly to the newbie (not to mention their kick
> >ass file manager).
> > --Mark
> >
> >
> > --------------
> >'Chocolate pudding is a tool of the establishment and Bill Cosby too.
> >It promotes instant gratification and destroys the morals of our children.'
> > -Dan Helfman
> >
> >Mark James Fasheh <mfasheh@linux.ucla.edu>
> >http://www.exothermic.org
> >
> >On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Kevin Wada wrote:
> >
> > > I had linux installed at the install fest last week and a couple
> > problems weren't able to be resolved. When I boot up, the computer is
> > supposed to ask whether to boot win 98 or linux. However, after linux was
> > installed this never happened because lilo (i think that's what it's
> > called) wasn't installed properly. In order to get into linux now i must
> > boot up win 98, shut down into ms dos mode, and load linux through dos.
> > This is a pain and i was hoping there is someway i can get the computer
> > to prompt me at boot up which OS to load.
> > > Also, when i boot win 98 a strange screen appears that says Compaq
> > Quick Restore: Ready to format first hard drive petitions. I just have to
> > hit escape to get past the screen but it scares me every time i see it
> > because i think it's going to reformat my hard drive if i accidently push
> > the wrong button one day. This screen started appearing after linux was
> > installed so please tell me if u know what i should do.
> > > I was told at the install fest that my video adapter is not
> > supported in the version of linux that was installed. I have an Intel 810
> > chipset on my motherboard that acts as the video card. How do i install
> > the proper drivers for it so i can get my resolution past 640 x 480.
> > > I also can't connect to the internet when in linux. I guess my
> > network card also doesn't have the right drivers or something.
> > > However, my biggest complaint is that linux is slow! My gawd, it
> > takes at least 20 seconds to load minesweeper and over a minute to load
> > netscape! I know its got to be better than this but right now i'm really
> > unimpressed. I'm sure it's not running optimally since my configuration
> > is so crappy right now but its speed as of now is terrible.
> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I really want to like linux
> > but right now it's ugly and slow and a pain to load up! I wasn't able to
> > go to the newbie night either so i'm really screwed as to knowing how to
> > use this OS. Sorry this e-mail is so long but i really need help.
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Kevin
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > UCLALUG Linux mailing list - Linux@linux.ucla.edu
> > > http://linux.ucla.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux
> > >
> >
> >
> >--__--__--
> >
> >Message: 4
> >Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 00:40:56 -0800 (PST)
> >From: Denis <denis@seas.ucla.edu>
> >To: linux@linux.ucla.edu
> >Subject: [UCLA-LUG] tcsh
> >Reply-To: linux@linux.ucla.edu
> >
> >hey,
> >
> >i use tcsh, ( on my seas acct ) and every time i want to repeat commands,
> >i have to use the vi commands, meaning that my backspace does not work,
> >and its not in insert mode by default, but i have to do 'i' or 'r' or
> >something like that.
> >
> >does anyone know what setting controlls that?
> >
> >denis
> >
> >'If at first you dont succeed, you must be using Windows'
> >
> >--
> >--------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Denis Perelyubskiy
> >ICQ# 12359698
> >denis@seas.ucla.edu
> >
> >
> >--__--__--
> >
> >Message: 5
> >From: Ex99Civic@aol.com
> >Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 03:47:59 EST
> >To: linux@linux.ucla.edu
> >Subject: [UCLA-LUG] Re: remove
> >Reply-To: linux@linux.ucla.edu
> >
> >please remove me from the mailing list. thanks.
> >
> >--__--__--
> >
> >Message: 6
> >Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 01:49:07 -0800
> >From: Frederick Lee <phaethon@fire.csua.ucla.edu>
> >To: linux@linux.ucla.edu
> >Subject: Re: [UCLA-LUG] tcsh
> >Reply-To: linux@linux.ucla.edu
> >
> >Mon, 14 Feb 2000 00:40:56 -0800 (PST), said Denis <denis@seas.ucla.edu>:
> > >hey,
> > >
> > >i use tcsh, ( on my seas acct ) and every time i want to repeat commands,
> > >i have to use the vi commands, meaning that my backspace does not work,
> > >and its not in insert mode by default, but i have to do 'i' or 'r' or
> > >something like that.
> > >
> > >does anyone know what setting controlls that?
> > >
> > >denis
> > >
> > >'If at first you dont succeed, you must be using Windows'
> > >
> > >--
> > >--------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >Denis Perelyubskiy
> > >ICQ# 12359698
> > >denis@seas.ucla.edu
> >
> >When I discovered this little "feature", I was not in the mood to grope around
> >in the tcsh manpage on the SEAS machine and switched to bash promptly. (oooh,
> >bad pun...) It's /usr/local/bin/bash, in case you want to whip out chsh...
> >(if you change shell, telnet localhost first to make sure the shell does come
> >up, before logging off seasnet; don't want to find out too late that the
> >bin is
> >not found/executable)
> >
> >If you want to use emacs keys, do "bindkeys -e". I just found that out now.
> >
> >If you want to stay in vi mode and go insert mode by default... umm...
> >I dunno.
> >
> >
> >-Fred
> >
> >
> >
> >--__--__--
> >
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