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i installed fedora 9 on my laptop a while ago and it booted into GUI once or twice but now is forever stuck into text only mode and i want ...
- 08-23-2009 #1Just Joined!
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installed fedora 9 text only now it wont unistall
i installed fedora 9 on my laptop a while ago and it booted into GUI once or twice but now is forever stuck into text only mode and i want to uninstall it to use the laptop for other purposes but nothing i have tried or done or read has worked so far.... please help
- 08-23-2009 #2forum.guy
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Welcome to the forums!
Linux doesn't really have an uninstall option.
You should be able install another distribution right over it using the same partitions, or you can delete the partitions and when you go to install another OS, create new partitions. One of the easiest methods of clearing the MBR and the partition table would be to go to a terminal and issue the following dd command:
If you can no longer boot into Fedora, you can run the command from a liveCD such as Parted Magic:Code:dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1
Parted Magic Newsoz
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- 08-27-2009 #3Just Joined!
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well when i boot up it just says k login. i dont remember setting a password for it nonetheless an user name. i can get it to boot into grub though.
- 08-27-2009 #4Just Joined!
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Hi,
Put the fedora cd and try to reinstall the Operating system.
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