On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 06:27:18PM +1000, Scott Ferguson 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? ... > It is unlikely restoring a default Windoof MBR will fix the problem as > Sophos (appears to) modify that.
Yes, that is the point. > And investigate the "BE_Restore.exe" program from Sophos to unencrypt > the drive - then restore the MBR. > http://www.sophos.it/sophos/docs/eng/manuals/ssg_56_tog_eng_tools.pdf Yes, this is what I was going to try. > You will be able to boot your Debian install on the external hdd - but > only by installing lilo or grub to that hard drive (see my earlier > comments about choosing boot device). I don't need that. Thanks for the suggestions, -- Baurzhan Ismagulov http://www.kz-easy.com/ -- 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/20110731083546.gc3...@radix50.net
