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MBR revisited
To install the MBR on both discs, I need install-mbr (http://packages.debian. org/stable/base/mbr) if I'm correct, but this package does not exist in the amd64 port... I then tried to compile it myself, which fails, obviously, because the package has not been ported to x86_64 yet as it seems (and I lack the

FORMAT /MBR ???
Kent W. England [MVP] k...@mvps.org microsoft public windowsxp basics If you boot from some 9x boot floppy and run fdisk /mbr you will hose your MBR as surely as if you ran a 95a fdisk /mbr on a 98 install. 9x doesn't understand the NTFS type of partition. It's not clear that the MBR is the source of your problem,

disk replication MBR/lilo question
James Knott bit_buc...@rogers.com comp os linux redhat comp os linux Pumpk1nh34d wrote: The following suggestion is more for a general one for those that have a boot loader residing in the MBR. The reason for this recommendation is that weekly someone chides in unable to boot up the system because the MBR either

MBR troubles, perhaps.
Fdisk is NOT effective in 99% of MBR infections. It will not work with Monkey, it will not work with One_Half, and it will not work with B1/NYB. If you stayed away from the details then you wouldn't had disclosed your ignorance. FDISK /MBR works a charm against B1-NYB as well as the MBR portion of One_Half.

MBR CHANGING, (kinda urgent)
Kevin Colby kev...@grainsystems.com linux redhat install fdisk /mbr (DOS) is fine for Win9x. NT and 2000 (though possibly not ME) may actually care about the MBR, so yes, if possible, try actually restore the old one via lilo. If you can't, it still shouldn't be that bad, but YMMV.

cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/mbr Makefile mbr.s
Arthur Sowers arthu...@magpage.com comp os msdos misc On 20 May 2002, Marco wrote: When I use fdisk /mbr to rewrite the master boot record to the hard drive, will I loose all data on the hard drive? I am not an expert but will offer at least a partial answer: 1. It depends on what the rest of your HD situation is.

MBR
Clive Dove chd...@rogers.com alt os linux mandrake Rob Yampolsky wrote: I just installed MDK9.1rc1 on my Win2K box at work, and the damn thing put its bootloader in the MBR without asking me. I assumed Win2K would no longer boot, but when I rebooted, I just selected Windows from the LILO boot menu, and it came up.

Remove LILO from the MBR?
Bledge ble...@pd.jaring.my jaring pcbase In article <7dcoo8$ih...@news5.jaring.my>, "Teo Chun Lip" <chun...@pc.jaring.my> wrote: If you have install Linux before (like RedHat 5.2),there is an option to install LILO(Linux bootmanager) to the MBR of master drive. How can Linux modify the MBR of win95/98 if the

MBR +assembler
[ note: this was previously submitted, but vanished into the ether ] does it make sense for an MBR to *not* setup a stack? I've just started poking around, trying to better understand the boot process of a typical PC. I grabbed a copy of the MBR on my first HD dd if=/dev/hda of=mbr bs=512 count=1 disassebled it:

MBR and Windows 98SE
In playing around with Linux, BootMagic and other nonsense, I managed to overwrite the MBR that booted into Windows 98. Is there an easy way to get W98 to restore an MBR to boot W98 from aC: drive? I have my HDs installed in carts. I want to have a basic small extra HD with a simple, basic working W98 installation

MBR ? original download
cqui...@iafrica.com alt comp virus On Sat, 12 Jun 1999 09:54:23 +0200, "Fredde Andreasson" <fredrik.anders...@hempc.com> wrote: I have found a program that saves tha MBR to a file. So if I do this and save it to a disk. Then boot the computer on an original DOS boot disk. Then replace the MBR on the HD with the one

windows 95 and mbr - How does it work??
Harry Broomhall h...@pc60.demon.co.uk alt comp hardware pc-homebuilt On Fri, 24 Apr 1998 16:14:13 +0100, Paul Harrold <p...@comcraft.demon.co.uk> wrote: If I type FDISK /MBR 'after' running FDISK will that kill any virus in the System?? No - only certain ones that hide in a particular way in the MBR.

fdisk /mbr
Joe Morris jcmor...@mitre.org microsoft public win2000 file_system The FDISK /MBR command will rewrite the MBR executable code only on the first hard disk. Making a partition on any other hard disk in the system active (assuming you can do so) is irrelevent, and the versions of FDISK where I've accidentally tried

MBR switch on FDISK
Bill Marcum bmar...@iglou.com comp os linux hardware comp sys ibm pc hardware misc comp lang asm x86 On Sun, 12 May 2002 16:55:58 +0000 (UTC), cg...@onwe.co.za <cg...@onwe.co.za> wrote: Has anybody ever found where to download an original MBR for any IDE ? I've got 6 IDE's which all are no longer DOS bootable. No !

no stack setup in MBR?
The installation went fine, I decided to play it safe and installed the bootloader on the MBR of the second hd, the Deathstar. I hope you recorded all the output of fdisk -l (including Start & End of partitions). After installation I noticed that I had failed and the bootloader couldnīt boot to windows anymore.

LILO / MBR / Boot floppy problems
Joachim Feise jfe...@ics.uci.edu alt os linux Nick Sharratt wrote: The method everyone recommends for junking LILO from the MBR (ie FDISK /MBR) refuses to work, as booting from a DOS/WIN95/WIN98 (yes, I've tried them all!) floppy and trying this tells me 'No Fixed Disks Present'...odd, 'cause I can still see Drive

Fdisk/MBR, Fdisk, Format C:.......Was rebuilding registry
And if I did not put the space does that mean it did not clear the MBR? Now one last question while I'm thinking about it. What is the difference between doing FORMAT and FDISK? Grant If you mistype a DOS command it should come back with an error saying "Bad command or file name". That means it couldn't figure out

Question, FDisk /mbr
Now you can muck w/ the MBR, boot loader, partitions, etc., to your hearts content. HTH Jim Jim, Here's a good little free utility; MBRWORK it's free, I've used it to repair a drive after I accidentally let Norton "repair" the MBR and it rendered the drive unusable and Fdisk /mbr failed to fix it.

MBR corrupted
In article <395A5E43.866FD...@hotmail.com>, mla...@hotmail.com writes: If you, Mr. Root, still insist that Win95/NT does not modify the MBR, get a program that you know is going to modify the MBR, then install WinNT. This should be evidence enough. Evidence that the MBR is overwritten, yes.

Fdisk /MBR
Mirco Miranda mirco...@libero.it it comp os dos How It Works -- Master Boot Record Version 1a by Hale Landis (lan...@sugs.tware.com) THE "HOW IT WORKS" SERIES This is one of several How It Works documents. The series currently includes the following: * How It Works -- CHS Translation * How It Works -- Master Boot