dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdXX will write zeros to every byte in your partition, effectively deleting everything there.
Due to the malicious intent of the sender, I would like to see the sender removed from the list. However, since I'm not the list admin, it's not my call. If you want to use the windoze bootloader, do the following: Assuming that your windows partition is hda1, at the grub command line, type: rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 boot This will boot into windows. Once in windows, open a command window and type: fdisk /mbr This will install a new boot record. If you want to use grub as your bootloader, add the following to your grub.conf: title Windows rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > Please dont post suggestions like this without a more detailed > explanation - newbies have been known to blindly follow such suggestions > with the predictable results. > > Also, the language is a bit ... objectionable ... for a public list. > > Please no flames > > BillK > > On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 08:50, Norbert Kamenicky wrote: > > Thomas Buntrock wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > > > I just replaced a win 98 with a win xp. xp overwrote the mbr, so i had > > > grub reinstall it. > > > > > > The problem is, that I used setup (hd0,0) instead of setup (hd0), write > > > it in the boot partition instead of the mbr. linux is running on a hdb, > > > so there is no effect. > > > > > > Is there a way to restore the winXP boot sector without reinstalling xp? > > > > I have very good universal solution for all micro$hit systems, > > which will prevent such troubles forever: > > > > > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdXX > > > > hdXX is micro$hit partition > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- Kevin Reichhart CCNA, CCSA NG Reichhart Consulting -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
