On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:10:50 +0100 Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Fri 29 Jul 2011 at 13:28:48 +0200, Baurzhan Ismagulov wrote: > > > I've installed Squeeze to a USB drive, and grub2 installed itself > > to the internal hard drive. Now I can't boot from the internal > > drive since it has encryption software checking some sort of CRC of > > the MBR. Is the backup of the MBR available somewhere in the Linux > > rootfs? > > There is no backup of the MBR made. You're rather expected to do your > own. > As a matter of general principle, certainly. But when software undertakes to edit or obliterate potentially shared data such as the MBR or partition table, it had better be very sure it knows what it is doing, and in the absence of 100% certainty, should retain a backup. Crippling a previously existing OS is poor practice, and will give rise to comment. Yes, I know Windows does, but we're talking proper software here. -- Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110729230034.17720...@jretrading.com
