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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Shouldn't grub setup overwrite lilo in MBR
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 10:13:59
Message-Id: 20051221094625.58b1497d@hactar.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Shouldn't grub setup overwrite lilo in MBR by reader@newsguy.com
1 On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:21:31 -0600, reader@×××××××.com wrote:
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3 > dd if=/?? of=?? -b 512? with the right stuff in there can clean the
4 > mbr right?
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6 That will zero the whole disk. Even adding count=1 will still wipe the
7 partition table. I think the command you want is
8 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/dha bs=466 count=1
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12 Neil Bothwick
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14 Daddy? What's this little red button for?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Shouldn't grub setup overwrite lilo in MBR Heinz Sporn <heinz.sporn@××××××××.com>