How to Uninstall Linux
uninstall
Mandrakelinux
uninstall
If for any reason you want to uninstall Mageia, you can
do so. The process of uninstalling Mageia is done in two
steps:
Removing partitions on
your hard drive will inevitably result in the loss of all data stored on
those partitions. Please make sure you've backed up all of the data you
want to keep before proceeding.
Delete all partitions related to
Mageia on your hard drive (usually partitions hosting
ext3 file systems and the Swap partition)
and — optionally — replace them with a single partition using
DiskDrake (see ).
Remove
bootloader
uninstall
commands
lilo
Master Boot Record
MBR
the bootloader, LILO in this example, from the
Master Boot Record (MBR). To do so, execute lilo
-U in a console, as root. Doing this will not only
uninstall LILO but will also restore the previous master boot
record, if any.
If you have a different boot
loader, please refer to its documentation to determine how to regenerate
the master boot record.