Re: how to clear mbr

2007-05-16 Thread Marty
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 08:04:42AM -0400, Marty wrote: A better alternative may be to first set up lilo to boot Debian from another device or partition. Then when you install NT/2k you can still boot Debian, and you also have the option of using the BIOS boot menu (typ

Re: how to clear mbr

2007-05-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 12:43:53PM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > I have found that W2K doesn't wipe out the grub menu tho XP does. And That's not my experience. I *always* had to restore grub after reinstalling W2k. Maybe your grub wasn't in the MBR? > installing W2K over grub shouldn't cause a prob

Re: how to clear mbr

2007-05-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 08:04:42AM -0400, Marty wrote: > A better alternative may be to first set up lilo to boot Debian from > another device or partition. Then when you install NT/2k you can still > boot Debian, and you also have the option of using the BIOS boot menu > (typically started b

Re: how to clear mbr

2007-05-16 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Greg Folkert wrote: On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 12:43 +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: On 5/16/07, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 23:37 -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: I am installing Win2k, which will co-exist with sarge I believe sarge install lilo at mbr, this cause trouble for wi

Re: how to clear mbr

2007-05-16 Thread Marty
Serena Cantor wrote: I am installing Win2k, which will co-exist with sarge I believe sarge install lilo at mbr, this cause trouble for win2k's installation. So I should clear mbr. which linux command should I use? It's not a linux command, but a DOS command, "fdisk /mbr" (or something simila

Re: how to clear mbr

2007-05-16 Thread Marty
Greg Folkert wrote: On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 23:37 -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: I am installing Win2k, which will co-exist with sarge I believe sarge install lilo at mbr, this cause trouble for win2k's installation. So I should clear mbr. which linux command should I use? dd if=/dev/zero

Re: how to clear mbr

2007-05-16 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 12:43 +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > On 5/16/07, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 23:37 -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: > > > I am installing Win2k, which will co-exist with sarge > > > I believe sarge install lilo at mbr, this cause trouble for win2k's

Re: how to clear mbr

2007-05-16 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/16/07, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 23:37 -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: > I am installing Win2k, which will co-exist with sarge > I believe sarge install lilo at mbr, this cause trouble for win2k's installation. > So I should clear mbr. > > which linux command

Re: how to clear mbr

2007-05-15 Thread Greg Folkert
On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 23:37 -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: > I am installing Win2k, which will co-exist with sarge > I believe sarge install lilo at mbr, this cause trouble for win2k's > installation. > So I should clear mbr. > > which linux command should I use? dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda

how to clear mbr

2007-05-15 Thread Serena Cantor
I am installing Win2k, which will co-exist with sarge I believe sarge install lilo at mbr, this cause trouble for win2k's installation. So I should clear mbr. which linux command should I use? Building