Re: Backing up MBR

IIRC The 512 byte MBR is 446 bytes of bootloader bytes 447+ are the partition table Regards John [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/07/04 01:06p.m. On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 12:00:44 +1200 Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dd if=/dev/hda of=/mnt/floppy/mbr.bin count=1 bs=512 works ok but -beware-

Re: Backing up MBR

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 07:54, Edwin F wrote: Hi, I just need to know if there's a way to back up the windows bootloader. I have a friend that wants to try linux and he wants to know if he can completely remove linux if he doesn't like it. Sincerely etc. Ed. Another very easy way is

host command

I thought that there was a command host to do a forward lookup of a dns address but on my Gentoo box I get:- grunter root # host www.xtra.co.nz -bash: host: command not found Do any of you know what I am doing wrong? Do you know what package I may need to install to get this? Regards, Robert

Re: Backing up MBR

Be careful with the MBR. The other day I had an issue which was resolved by MS technical support telling me to do an FDISK /MBR which removed some hidden information not needed any more. On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 08:27:35 +1200, John Blance [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IIRC The 512 byte MBR is 446

Re: host command

On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 09:16, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: I thought that there was a command host to do a forward lookup of a dns address but on my Gentoo box I get:- grunter root # host www.xtra.co.nz -bash: host: command not found Do any of you know what I am doing wrong? Do you know

Re: host command

Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: I thought that there was a command host to do a forward lookup of a dns address but on my Gentoo box I get:- grunter root # host www.xtra.co.nz -bash: host: command not found Do any of you know what I am doing wrong? Do you know what package I may need to install

Xandros 2

Hey all, this is for the chappie who was after Xandros - yesterday. I downloaded it (the Open Circulation version NOT 2.5) So its here if you're still keen. Regards Paul Swafford -- (E-CAF, 301 Montreal St, Christchurch, NZ) (ph/fax ++64 3 3656 480 : www.e-caf.com)

RE: host command

Perfect. Thanks Chris. Regards, Robert -Original Message- From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 8 September 2004 9:23 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: host command On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 09:16, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: I

Re: Backing up MBR

At 2004-09-08T08:27:35+1200, John Blance wrote: The 512 byte MBR is 446 bytes of bootloader bytes 447+ are the partition table Ah, thanks... your post made me double check my figures, and it turns out I had forgotten about the disk signature. The layout is: 0x - Boot code (446 bytes)

Re: Backing up MBR

Thanks Matthew, some solid info at last. Ah, thanks... your post made me double check my figures, and it turns out I had forgotten about the disk signature. The layout is: 0x - Boot code (446 bytes) 0x01BE - Partition table (4 * 16 = 64 bytes) 0x01FE - Disk signature (2 bytes) You

Re: Backing up MBR

At 2004-09-08T10:43:12+1200, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: How is it calculated? It's implicit that fdisk /mbr rewrites it too after writing the boot code. It's a fixed (magic) number: 0x55aa. This means it's not affected by the particular boot code you have installed, or your partition