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<!-- Converted by db4-upgrade version 1.0 -->
<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:lang="uk" xml:id="uninstall-linux" ><info><title xml:id="BId-drakx-ti38">How to Uninstall Linux</title></info>
  

  <para xml:id="BId-drakx-pa200" revision="2"><indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-it134">
      <primary>uninstall</primary>
    </indexterm> <indexterm xml:id="BIdNEW-uninstall-linux-it139">
      <primary>Mandrakelinux</primary>
      <secondary>uninstall</secondary>
    </indexterm> If for any reason you want to uninstall
<application>Mageia</application>, you can do so. The process of
uninstalling <application>Mageia</application> is done in two steps:</para>

  

  <warning>
    <para xml:id="BId-uninstall-linux-pa206" revision="2">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 <emphasis>before</emphasis> proceeding.</para>
  </warning>

  <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts">
    <listitem>
      

      

      <para xml:id="BId-drakx-pa202" revision="4">Delete all partitions related to <application>Mageia</application> on your
hard drive (usually partitions hosting <acronym>ext3</acronym> file systems
and the <systemitem>Swap</systemitem> partition)  and — optionally — replace
them with a single partition using
<application>DiskDrake</application><phrase condition="Starter"
xml:id="BIdNEW-uninstall-linux-ph1" revision="1"> (see <xref
linkend="diskdrake" />)</phrase>.</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para xml:id="BId-drakx-pa203" revision="4">Remove<indexterm xml:id="BId-drakx-it135" revision="2">
          <primary>bootloader</primary>

          <secondary>uninstall</secondary>
        </indexterm><indexterm xml:id="BIdNEW-uninstall-linux-it136" revision="1">
          <primary>commands</primary>

          <secondary>lilo</secondary>
        </indexterm><indexterm xml:id="BIdNEW-uninstall-linux-it137">
          <primary>Головний завантажувальний запис (MBR)</primary>
        </indexterm><indexterm xml:id="BIdNEW-uninstall-linux-it138">
          <primary>MBR</primary>
        </indexterm> the bootloader, <application>LILO</application> in this example,
from the Master Boot Record (<acronym>MBR</acronym>). To do so, execute
<command>lilo -U</command> in a console, as <literal>root</literal>. Doing
this will not only uninstall <application>LILO</application> but will also
restore the previous master boot record, if any.</para>

      <para xml:id="BId-drakx-pa204" revision="2">If you have a different boot loader, please refer to its documentation to
determine how to regenerate the master boot record.</para>
    </listitem>
  </orderedlist>

  
</section>