[NMLUG] Argghhh!!! I hosed my MBR

[jamesh at swcp.com (James Hamilton)]

On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 07:28:11PM -0700, michael wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 17:27:26 -0700, James Hamilton wrote
> > On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 08:41:05PM -0700, michael wrote:
> > > You need to boot up from an install cd.
> > > 
> > > Then switch your virtual terminal ato get a prompt.
> > > 
> > > fdisk your partitions.
> > 
> > What exactly would you use fdisk for.  The partitions are intact 
> > only the MBR is broken.  Last time I did this fdisk was unneeded.
> 
> I meant fsck, I was just in windoze land.
> You would use fsck to fix your broken inodes on the failed startup.

Agreed, makes sense :-)

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James Hamilton
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