Removing bad Knoppix-KDE3.1 install from NT RAID box

[dcuny]

I've got a partial install of Knoppix-KDE3.1 on an NT SCSI RAID box. The install aborted, and the machine no longer boots properly.

It comes up to the boot: prompt. It attempts to load Linux, then aborts and ends up in a (very) limited shell.

What I'd like to do is take this completely off the machine - it never should have been installed there in the first place. But it's not clear how to do this.

Since this is NT, I can't run fdisk /mbr. I've tried running lilo -u from the CD (after having to jump various hoops) on all the drives, but it complains that it doesn't see a LILO signature anywhere.

I can boot into NT via the localboot option, or using a Smart Boot Manager floppy, but those are just stopgap measures.

Any idea how to restore this box back to normal?

Thanks!

[RockMumbles]

How are your drives partitioned?

More system info please.

rock

[dcuny]

OK, here's what I've been told:

• The operating system is Windows 2000 SP3.
• The server is a HP Netserver TC4100 with 2 CPU's and 1 gig of RAM.
• We use the HP 2M Netraid card to create our Raid sets.
• All Raid is done through hardware, not software.
• The drives are are partitioned into one Raid 5 Volume set (5 18gdrives).
• The Raid volume is partitioned into a C: and D: drive.
• The C: drive is 16 Gig and the rest goes to the D: drive.
• NT boots from the C: drive which is where Knoppix has apparently put the boot loader.

Any ideas?

[dcuny]

Anyone?