Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, David Z Maze wrote: > >> "W. Borgert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > I have a machine where I want to cleanly install Debian, but the >> > MBR has remains of grub. I searched the net, but all hits I got >> > involved a DOS diskette or similar. I don't have such a disk, >> > but I can boot the machine using Knoppix or other Debian rescue >> > CDs. What is the magic command line? Thanks in advance! > > removing stuff from MBR implies you might not be able to boot the > machine, so make sure you can still boot from floppy or cdrom or network > or ??? ( remove that target disk out of the boot sequence in the bios, > than remove stuff from the mbr ) > > root# grub > grub> uninstall ( i think it works donno ) > > -- or -- > > root# lilo -U > > -- or -- > > # > # important ... dont make any tipoe's w/ dd > # > root# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1
Don't you dare. It will _delete_ the partition table. use dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=446 count=1 instead. > > -- or -- > > boot into dos mode > A:> fdisk /mbr > > than boot up from floppy or other boot media and > re-install whatver boot loader ( grub, lilo, syslinux, .. ) you want > > c ya > alvin > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Andres Roldan Fluidsignal Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Debian Project <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG Key-ID: 0xB29396EB Home Page http://people.fluidsignal.com/~aroldan
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