RD Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does anyone know how to safely rewrite MBRs *and* PBRs on linux drives and
> partitions using *LINUX* tools? Apart from confusing and ambiguous
> documentation, the problem of removing grub seems to be the number #1 complaint
> from grub users.
extipl
At Fri, 5 Apr 2002 12:39:23 +0530 (IST),
Kingsly John wrote:
> No. None of the M$FT OSes use the MBR to store the bootloader.. it's
> always stored in the first sector of the partition that the OS is
> installed in. (I don't know about WinXP but I guess the same holds true
> for XP too ... embraci
On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 02:26:53AM +0530, Kingsly John wrote:
> But I think the method I suggested of zeroing out the first 446 bytes
> should work because I think that must be what "fdisk /mbr" must be doing
> too.
fdisk /mgr is installing a different bootloader. It doesn't
just zero out the b
Thanks for the heads up regarding a free version of DOS. We stupidly threw away
our DOS diskettes years ago, iin 1984 if memory serves, after convincing ourselves
that DOS was totally unnecessary in a good unix working environment. :-)We
never realized that we would eventually find ourselve
