uh, a backup copy of what? If you are running linux/unix how is fdisk /mbr
going to provide a backup copy? It must copy those bytes from somewhere that
windows likes..
Does grub/lilo install a backup copy of the mbr in the same place as windoze?
Jim
On Saturday 21 July 2001 10:58, you wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 01:20:09PM -0700, Jim Bonnet wrote:
> > There is a tool that will blow away your mbr, dd
> >
> > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/[device-node] bs=512k count=1
> >
> > Im not sure what fdisk /mbr does, but you can take a look using hexdump
> > -c on the drive before and after so you can get a feel for what it does..
>
> fdisk /mbr replaces the active boot sector with a backup copy.
>
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