randhir phagura wrote: > Wolfgang wrote on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 > >> Hi Randhir > >> very interesting info. But if you install often or sometimes Windows I >> prefer to create the partitions on Linux and then save the MBR in a file >> with the dd command e.g. > >> TS=`date +%Y%m%d` >> dd if=/dev/hda of=/boot/mbr_$TS bs=512 count=1 > >> This can be done on a regular basis e.g. as a cron job. > >> Then you can easily restore your MBR with dd as well e.g. > >> dd if=/boot/mbr_... of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 > > >> Wolfgang > > Hi Wolfgang, > > That is a smart one. It can, probably, be done from within a linux system > after it boots. But once the MBR is gone, booting into linux is not possible. > > Regards, > > Randhir Phagura > > [...]
Hi Randhir, that is correct that you cannot boot if the MBR is gone or corrupt. But in this case you need only a bootable medium e.g. LFS live CD/DVD and then you can repair the MBR with dd command. Another alternative is if you have a discete drive to write the MBR to a discete with dd. Wolfgang -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
