Re: HOWTO-dd an MBR onto a HD

2002-01-26 Thread Cameron Kerr
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, David B Harris wrote: I assume that since I've copied all the filesystems from another running HD onto a new HD, that if I copy over the MBR that then I'll be able to boot and run the new HD as well. I doubt it, unless the two hard disks and their partition layouts are

Re: HOWTO-dd an MBR onto a HD

2002-01-26 Thread Pete Ryland
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 01:02:10AM +1300, Cameron Kerr wrote: On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, David B Harris wrote: I assume that since I've copied all the filesystems from another running HD onto a new HD, that if I copy over the MBR that then I'll be able to boot and run the new HD as well. I

HOWTO-dd an MBR onto a HD

2002-01-25 Thread Courtney Thomas
Greetings ! I assume that since I've copied all the filesystems from another running HD onto a new HD, that if I copy over the MBR that then I'll be able to boot and run the new HD as well. How do I properly copy over the MBR without disturbing the filesystems ? Appreciatively, Courtney

Re: HOWTO-dd an MBR onto a HD

2002-01-25 Thread David B Harris
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:47:20 -0500 Courtney Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I assume that since I've copied all the filesystems from another running HD onto a new HD, that if I copy over the MBR that then I'll be able to boot and run the new HD as well. How do I properly copy over the MBR