Andrew McGlashan wrote:
Okay, 446 + 64 adds to 510, what about the other 2 bytes?
Okay this explains all the byte usage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record
Address Description Size in bytes
0 code area440 (max. 446)
440 dis
Aaron Toponce wrote:
It's not that difficult, if you understand haw MSDOS partitioning is setup
under GNU/Linux. The first 446 bytes are your boot loader. The next 64
bytes are your partition table. If you wish to backup just the bootloader,
it's easy with dd(1):
Okay, 446 + 64 adds to 510, wha
On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:06:09 -0400 (EDT), Camaleón wrote:
>
> If you add encryption to the equation things can be even worst.
I assume you mean "worse". I agree. I hate full-volume encryption.
>
> While I agree that "playing" (backing and restoring) with MBR can be
> dangerous I also think th
On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:50:35 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:30:38 -0400 (EDT), Camaleón wrote:
>> ...
>> But regardless the option the user select at install time (do not
>> install any bootloader, install it in a partition or another place or
>> just putting it into MBR), i
On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:52:53 -0400 (EDT), Aaron Toponce wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 04:50:35PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote:
> >
> > Sometimes restoring a backup copy of the master boot record can be
> > even more dangerous than wiping it out. The master boot record contains
> > the master bo
On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:30:38 -0400 (EDT), Camaleón wrote:
> ...
> But regardless the option the user select at install time (do not install
> any bootloader, install it in a partition or another place or just
> putting it into MBR), it would be nice the installer makes a copy of the
> original M
Hi, Ralf:
>I've got for my bullshit PC
Is it absolutely necessary to use such wording?!
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> > From: Tomas Kral
> > To: Camaleón
> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > > On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:14:17 +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
> > Not sure if I am quite in the subject.
> >
> > But in the old Potato days, the installer always asked to stic
On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:57:57 +0200, Tomas Kral wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-07-31 at 17:30 +0200, Camaleón wrote:
(...)
>> But regardless the option the user select at install time (do not
>> install any bootloader, install it in a partition or another place or
>> just putting it into MBR), it would be
On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Ralf Mardorf
wrote:
>
> Since this list allows HTML, we should use it, instead of using cryptic lines
> including the backslash.
There's nothing cryptic about backslashes.
>From the "Code of Conduct" section of http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/
"Never send you
On Sun, 2011-07-31 at 17:30 +0200, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:19:31 +0200, Tomas Kral wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 2011-07-31 at 14:06 +0200, Camaleón wrote:
> >> On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:14:17 +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Sat, July 30, 2011 6:40 am, Camaleón wrote:
> >>
On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:28:22 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> > > On Sat, July 30, 2011 6:40 am, Camaleón wrote:
>> > > One of my (home made) overnight cron jobs does this:
>
>
> Very important is "overnight cron jobs"! From time to time I backup my
> MBR manually, btw. also using dd and adding
> > Forwarded Message
> > From: Camaleón
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: restoring MBR
> > Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:06:14 + (UTC)
> > > On Sat, July 30, 2011 6:40 am, Camaleón wrote:
> > >>>
On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:19:31 +0200, Tomas Kral wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-07-31 at 14:06 +0200, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:14:17 +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
>>
>> > On Sat, July 30, 2011 6:40 am, Camaleón wrote:
>> > One of my (home made) overnight cron jobs does this:
>> >
>
On Sun, 2011-07-31 at 14:06 +0200, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:14:17 +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
>
> > On Sat, July 30, 2011 6:40 am, Camaleón wrote:
> > One of my (home made) overnight cron jobs does this:
> >
> > dd if=/dev/sda \
> > of=$DST/mbr_backup.bin
On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:14:17 +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
> On Sat, July 30, 2011 6:40 am, Camaleón wrote:
> One of my (home made) overnight cron jobs does this:
>
> dd if=/dev/sda \
> of=$DST/mbr_backup.bin \
> bs=512 \
> count=1 >> $LOG 2>&1
>
>
Hi,
On Sat, July 30, 2011 6:40 am, Camaleón wrote:
One of my (home made) overnight cron jobs does this:
dd if=/dev/sda \
of=$DST/mbr_backup.bin \
bs=512 \
count=1 >> $LOG 2>&1
Okay, well this script isn't perfect and it sure won't help after t
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
On 29/07/11 21:28, Baurzhan Ismagulov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 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 ava
Hi All,
What about the mbr package and the "install-mbr " command ?
This MBR is wonderfull, it does exactly what is waited if you dont press
any key : boot on the flaged partition, but you can also press a key and
choose another partition (not flagged) to boot from (even a floppy).
Have a nice
2011/7/30 Stephen Powell :
> On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 07:34:44 -0400 (EDT), Baurzhan Ismagulov wrote:
>>
>> That's a pity. IIRC, lilo used to save that under /boot.
>
> It still does. And lilo is still available. And I still use it.
> Unfortunately, it's too late for the OP in this case.
>
> --
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On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 07:34:44 -0400 (EDT), Baurzhan Ismagulov wrote:
>
> That's a pity. IIRC, lilo used to save that under /boot.
It still does. And lilo is still available. And I still use it.
Unfortunately, it's too late for the OP in this case.
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On 30/07/11 21:34, Baurzhan Ismagulov wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 03:38:14PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>>> I've installed Squeeze to a USB drive, and grub2 installed itself to the
>>> internal hard drive.
>>
>> Curious. I've never had that problem when installing Squeeze to a USB
>> drive.
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 03:38:14PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > I've installed Squeeze to a USB drive, and grub2 installed itself to the
> > internal hard drive.
>
> Curious. I've never had that problem when installing Squeeze to a USB
> drive. Can you boot from the USB drive?
IIRC, no.
>
On 29/07/11 21:28, Baurzhan Ismagulov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've installed Squeeze to a USB drive, and grub2 installed itself to the
> internal hard drive.
Curious. I've never had that problem when installing Squeeze to a USB
drive. Can you boot from the USB drive?
> Now I can't boot from the int
On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:10:50 +0100
Brian 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
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
On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:22:38 +, Walter Hurry wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:15:42 +, Camaleón wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:52:46 +, Walter Hurry wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:04:42 +, Camaleón wrote:
>>
>> (...)
>>
You noticed the first file (backup_mbr)? It
On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:15:42 +, Camaleón wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:52:46 +, Walter Hurry wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:04:42 +, Camaleón wrote:
>
> (...)
>
>>> You noticed the first file (backup_mbr)? It is exactly what it seems
>>> but I cannot find such a file in Debian
On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:52:46 +, Walter Hurry wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:04:42 +, Camaleón wrote:
(...)
>> You noticed the first file (backup_mbr)? It is exactly what it seems
>> but I cannot find such a file in Debian systems :-?
>
> One of my (home made) overnight cron jobs does t
On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:04:42 +, Camaleón wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:28:48 +0200, Baurzhan Ismagulov wrote:
>
>> I've installed Squeeze to a USB drive, and grub2 installed itself to
>> the internal hard drive.
>
> And what OS does the internal hard drive have?
>
>> Now I can't boot from
On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:28:48 +0200, Baurzhan Ismagulov wrote:
> I've installed Squeeze to a USB drive, and grub2 installed itself to the
> internal hard drive.
And what OS does the internal hard drive have?
> Now I can't boot from the internal drive since it has encryption
> software checking s
Baurzhan Ismagulov writes:
> Hello,
>
> 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 somew
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- Patrick Ouellette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
boot into linux (a rescue CD / Knoppix, however)
as root try
# dd -if =/dev/zerol -of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=10
You're making up command options, as well as devices now?
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=10
--- Patrick Ouellette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
> boot into linux (a rescue CD / Knoppix, however)
> as root try
>
> # dd -if =/dev/zerol -of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=10
You're making up command options, as well as devices now?
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=10
*BUT* even then, that
boot into linux (a rescue CD / Knoppix, however)
as root try
# dd -if =/dev/zerol -of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=10
This will totally blank the first 5K of space on the drive. The
"leftovers" from
the linux boot loader sometimes confuse Windows' installer.
Pat
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have two hard
--- Paul Maser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> and tried a lilo -U, but nothing has worked.
Read: http://www.hantslug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LinuxHints/LostLILO
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